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Summer Season
Apples
Grown For The Taste Buds Of Today And Tomorrow
Cherries
Hand-Picked Cherries that Earn their Fame One Bite at a Time
Pears
Where Pear Country Brings the Juiciest Bites
Lil Snappers®
Apples and pears in the right flavors and size for kids

Growing Excellence, One Fruit at a Time.

For generations, we’ve grown fruit with purpose by combining family farming, thoughtful stewardship, and an unwavering commitment to quality that connects our orchards to tables around the world.

Fresh apples from Stemilt, including red, yellow, and green varieties.
World Famous Apples Grown for Flavor Learn More
home feature cherries
World Famous Cherries Hand-Picked Daily Learn More
Fresh Rushing Rivers Pears in red, yellow, and green varieties.
Rushing Rivers® Pears We care for pears like they’re part of the family Learn More
Kyles Pick feature packs
Kyle’s Pick® Cherries Our Premium Cherries: The Biggest and Juiciest Learn More
Fresh Washington sweet cherries in a Stemilt bag, close to the moon.
Moon Cherries Exceptionally Flavorful Cherries from Higher Ground Learn More
Fresh organic Lil Snappers apples in colorful packaging for kids.
Lil Snappers® Kid Size Fruit Learn More
Farmer harvesting cherries in a lush orchard with scenic landscape in background.

Growing Good from Our Orchards to Your Table

We exist to grow exceptional fruit with care, integrity, and respect for the land. Rooted in generations of family farming, we work to nourish people, support our communities, and steward the orchards we’ll pass on to the future.

4th generation cherry grower Kyle Mathison with his prize beauties.

Group of people standing in an orchard with green trees and hills in the background.

Our Story

Cultivating People and Delighting Consumers Through Excellence

Based in Wenatchee, Washington, Stemilt grows, packs and ships World Famous Fruit across the globe. We’re family owned and operated by the Mathisons. They guide us to be stewards of the land, people and our team of Stemilters so that we grow fresh apples, pears and cherries that delight people.

Farmer holding soil in a field at sunset, promoting sustainable agriculture.

Care for People & Planet

Sustainable Practices: Our Promise for Future Growth

We are committed to responsible farming and labor practices that protect natural resources and our people. Our approach ensures healthy harvests today while preserving our business for future generations.

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Farming, Cherries
Why Cherry Harvest Starts at Sunrise

Tate shares the reason that cherry harvest at Stemilt always starts before sunrise in this blog post

Kyle with cherries
Farming
A Day in the Life of a Fruit Grower
A day in the life of a fruit grower is one spent with eager hands reaching and plucking fruit off trees and navigating the unpredictable curveballs mother nature sends your way all year. I’ll never forget the perspective that our 4th gen cherry grower, Kyle Mathison, shared with me one day, he said; “I am […]
pear varieties
Guide, Pears
Differences In Pear Varieties
Originally published in September 2020; updated September 2021. Another pear harvest has come to a close for our Rushing Rivers™ pear growers, and now there are numerous pear varieties making their way to your grocery store. Most of us are familiar with two pears – Bartlett and d’Anjou – because these varieties have the highest […]
Importance of honey bees
Seasonal, Farming
Importance of Honey Bees in the Orchards
Let’s Get Pollinating! After a long winter with some very unusual weather patterns, our little town of Wenatchee, WA has finally made it to spring. Cherry bloom has already begun in California, meaning the days are dwindling until bloom in Washington State and we can’t wait! As growers of apples, pears and cherries, it’s important we […]
harvesting honeycrisp apples
Apples, Farming
Harvesting Honeycrisp Apples

Take a look at the TLC that goes into Honeycrisp apple harvest

Cherry Journey
Farming, Cherries
How Cherries Get from Farm to Table

Learn how cherries are harvested, packed, and shipped

stemilt pink lady apple harvest
Apples
How We Determine When to Harvest Apples
Have you ever wondered how growers know when it’s time to harvest their crop of apples? With apple season upon us in central Washington (and other parts of the country as well), I thought I’d share some of the tests and information that growers turn to in order to estimate the perfect time to handpick […]
how to plant an apple orchard
Apples, Farming
How We Plant a New Apple Orchard
Would you believe it if I told you we begin planting apple orchards in winter? It’s true! While the coldest time of the year doesn’t seem like the ideal time to start a new orchard planting, in our world it is because it also happens to be the only “quiet” time in the orchard. You […]
1379 Controlled Atmosphere Storage Rooms
Apples, Pears
Storing Apples & Pears

Find out how we keep fruit fresh most months of the year