Pear-fect Locales

If you were a pear, where would you want to grow?
The Perfect Location

Big Crunch, Bigger Taste

SweeTango(R) is the apple with the loudest crunch on Earth, and now in season.
Let's Get Hungry!

Ready to Rave?

The outrageously juicy apple with a refreshing snappy zing is back in season!
Learn More About Rave®

What’s In Season:

Rave Apples

Meet the Honeycrisp cross that is outrageously juicy with a refreshing snappy zing! We think you’ll rave about this seasonal apple.

Learn About Rave Apples

Bartlett pears

BARTLETT PEARS

SweeTango Apple

SWEETANGO APPLES

Peach

YELLOW PEACHES

yellow-nectarine

YELLOW NECTARINES

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More Summer Recipes

Features

Burger and Cocktail/Mocktail Pairings for Summer

Raw Apple Crumble with Rave Apples

Pancake Tacos featuring SweeTango Apples

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No Bake Cherry Cake Pops

Fruit Pizza With Zucchini Crust

Our Story Is…

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…rooted in six generations of Mathison family farmers.

It’s centered on perseverance, innovation, and a commitment to wake with the sun for a day of hard work. Our story is what helps us grow world famous fruits that delight.

Meet the Family

Our Story 1

Mathison-Family-Portrait

…rooted in six generations of Mathison family farmers.

It’s centered on perseverance, innovation, and a commitment to wake with the sun for a day of hard work. Our story is what helps us grow world famous fruits that delight.

Meet the Family

The Stem Blog

By Crisp Collaborator- Christy Gurin

Apple muffin with Stemilt apples

Baking Tips: How to Bake with Fresh Fruit

By Brianna Shales

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How to Ripen Pears

By Crisp Collaborator- Chelsea Cole

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How to Eat Seasonally: Fall

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Crisp Apples Ranked: What Are The Crunchiest Apples?

By Stemilt Growers

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Protect Your Skin This Summer with Apples

By Crisp Collaborator- Jamie Preuss

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Fresh Peach Pie with Lattice Top

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It has been a fun month celebrating #NationalFruitsVeggiesMonth 🥦🍐🌽🍎🥕! We know our team has been enjoying all the great fall flavors of harvest, and are feeling inspired from watching all the great fall produce getting canned, jammed, pickled, or ready for the freezer. We hope that everyone has been enjoying fruits & veggies this last month as much as we have, and want to know what fruits or vegetables you are hoping to continue to add to your plates? 🍏 And what has been your favorite part of the fall harvest? 🍁 Make sure to check out @fruitsandveggies for some produce inspiration 😍. They keep the #produceparty going all year long, and have some great tips for produce in all forms. If you are looking for some extra tips to keep produce as part of your day, check out the link to our blog post "Adding Fruits & Veggies to Every Meal" in our bio! #NFVM2022 #freshproduce #seasonaleating #fruitsandveggies #freshproduce #haveaplant #apples #worldfamousfruit #stemilt #fallproduce #fruit #veggies #harvesttime #healthysnacks

We understand that baking with fresh fruit can be a struggle, so we asked our #CrispCollaborator Christy from @feastingnotfasting to provide us with some tips and tricks to help make our baked goods that much better. 1. Choose the right recipe- Not every recipe is designed for fresh fruit, so keep that in mind when you are scrolling for that perfect treat! 😍 2. Use in season ripe fruit- For the best flavor and top quality you want to make sure that your fruit is not only fresh, but ready to bake with. 🥧 3. Use uniform pieces- Make sure that when you prep your fruit that they all are sliced/diced into the same shapes. This allows for a more consistent baking experience. 🍎 Check out all of our Baking with Fresh Fruit tips in our latest Stem Blog post and let us know what your favorite baking tips are below in the comments! #Stemilt #bakingtips #letsgetbaking #fallbaking #apples #pears #WorldFamousFruit #freshfruit #baking #timetobake #recipetips #bakingadvice #freshproduce #haveaplant #NFVM2022

Have you ever walked through a SweeTango apple orchard? 🍎 It’s calm, quiet, and completely mesmerizing to look around at all the apples awaiting to be picked. Ironically, SweeTango is no quiet apple, it actually has the loudest crunch of any other apple! 🔊 See for yourself in The Guinness World Records! 😲 If you haven’t experienced the monster crunch of SweeTango apples yet, try one this fall while this apple is available from mid-August to November! 😋🍎 #sweetango #sweetangoapples #appleseason #appleharvest #applepicking #pickingapples #sweet #juicy #flavor #freshpicked #orchard #agriculture #appleorchard #september #fall #fallfruit

Not only is fall a great time for fresh apples & pears, but it is a great time for all produce. We put together some of our favorite & fun fall dishes that we think bring out the flavors of fall! 🍁 🥗 Sweet Potato, Pear & Kale Salad- It's fall in a salad. A great chance to use fresh kale, sweet potatoes, and pears! 🍎 Butternut Squash & Apple Quinoa Salad- Enjoy this DASH-friendly Apple Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad for a filling and nutritious meal! 🍐 Rustic Pear French Toast-This Rustic Roasted Pear French Toast is easy enough to get the kids involved in making it, but elegant enough to serve for a special breakfast. 💯 Slow Cooker Applesauce-This set-it-and-forget-it Slow Cooker Applesauce recipe is perfect if you have extra apples on hand. 🍂Sheet Pan Cauliflower Gnocchi with Apple-A dinner so easy that it only requires 5 minutes of prep work! 🎃 Pumpkin Pear Bread-Think dense, moist pumpkin bread with cozy warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, studded with sweet, juicy Bartlett pears. Let us know what your favorite fall dish is in the comments below! And if you are looking for some more inspiration click the link in our bio for more fall recipes. #Stemilt #WorldFamousFruit #fallrecipes #NFVM2022 #haveaplant #apples #pears #applerecipes #pearrecipes #fallflavors #harvesttime #appleseason #freshfruit #freshproduce #savory #sweet #StemBlog #fallharvest

🎵 Its Happi Pear! A green pear with blush, it has the zest! (It has the zest) we can’t imagine a more beautiful thing! 🎵🍐😍 It’s not corn, but we can’t imagine a more beautiful thing than Happi Pear! 🍐 Happi Pear is new to the pear world with an unexpected bite of sweet and zesty flavors! Today, we had to go see it packing and admire its signature red blush. #corn #icantimagineamorebeautifulthing #happipear #pearseason #harvest #pearharvest #packaging #fall #itscorn #fyp #pear #agriculture #new

Feeding your body with the proper nutrients will keep you fueled and feeling good. With harvest in full production, and as fruit growers, we rounded up a few facts on how 🍎's & 🍐's specifically are good for your heart. To learn more, click the link in our bio. Or drop your questions/fun facts below in the comments! #apples #pears #healthyfacts #applesfacts #pearfacts #heathlyeating #Stemilt #harvesttime #fruithealth #haveaplant #NFVM2022 #WorldFamousFruit

What apples make the best pie?? Here are a couple of our favorite varieties that are great for pie! #apples #applepie #pieapples #fallfruit #freshapples #stemilt #worldfamousfruit #haveaplant #harvestseason #pieflavors #appletips #grannysmithapples #pinkladyapples

🍎Apple Harvest Fun Facts 🍎 Every apple is hand-picked from the tree, based on its color and qualities. We sample many apples before choosing the time to pick. Harvest begins in late July with Rave® and wraps up in late October with Pink Lady®. Once picking is done, the trees shed their leaves and reenter the dormant stage to start the cycle all over again. 🍎 Time to Pick 🍎 The best way to pick an apple is to hold the fruit in the palm of your hand, placing your index finger on the stem. Next, you gently roll the apple upwards so that the calyx (bottom) end is moving towards the top of the tree. Doing this will likely release the apple without any more effort. If it doesn’t release, you can give the apple a little twist to remove it from the tree – stem and all. Holding the fruit as you pick helps prevent bruising, and the twisting action is key when protecting those tiny buds. The apple picking process is something that a person can do very quickly once they get used to the technique, and it’s far easier than pulling it off the tree! 🍎After Picking, What's Next? 🍎 After apples are picked, they go one of two places – to the packing line and off to your stores, or to one of our Controlled Atmosphere (CA) storage rooms. The apples that head to CA storage have shown us they have the color, qualities, and most importantly, the starch reserves, to help extend the apple season. 🍎Let's Get Packing 🍎 Packing is the final step before we ship apples to your stores. Apples enter the packing line from the bin they were harvested into. They are carried through the first stages of packing via a water channel. We do an initial quality sort of the apples to remove obvious flawed ones. Then, the apple is washed, dried, waxed (not waxed if organic), packed (by hand or automation), and off to await the truck that takes them to your stores. To learn more about how to pick an apple, click the link in our bio! #Stemilt #WorldFamousFruit #harvestseason #appleseason #freshapples #applepacking #applepicking #fallfruit #harvest #apples #pickingapples #applefacts #fruitfacts #appleorchards #handpicked #fresh #haveaplant #NFVM2022

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