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published: 08/12/10
Get Your Peaches at
Moores Orchard
- Article & photo by Ben Boehl -
If you love the great taste of peaches but dont want to
travel to Georgia, you can find the same high quality at Moores Orchard
in Perry Hall at Peach Blossom Avenue right off the 5200-block of E.
Joppa Road. Wendy Sauter said she has never eaten a Georgia peach, but
her customers tell her that her peaches taste as good as the ones from
down South. Most of the customers tell me that our peaches are the best
in the area, and they keep coming back, Sauter said. The Moore family
has been in business since 1850. The farm originally tried to grow potatoes
in the 1920s, but the ground was too hard. That led the Moore family
to start growing peaches and apples. The family tradition continued
as Sauters father traveled down to Baltimore City to sell produce after
World War II. Today Sauter runs the business with her uncle Jack Moore
and her friend Mary Lehnhoff. She also got help from Tracey Deitz, who
helped with the tough job of spinning the peaches. I guess I fell into
the business, Sauter explained. Ive been doing this for the past 15-20
years. The Moore family owned many acres of land in the Perry Hall area
before selling it to the community. The Moores Meadows housing development
was named after the family, the new homes on Peach Blossom Avenue and
a portion of I-95 were all part of the Moore property. Moores Orchard
sells different types of produce from tomatoes, cucumbers, corn and
other items that they receive from local farmers, but the peaches and
plums are grown on-site. Moores Orchard is open during peach season
from July until September. Sauter said despite the lack of rain this
summer, this has been a great peach season. The dry weather hasnt hurt
the peaches at all this summer. Peaches love the dry weather, Sauter
added. It takes about a week to 10 days for a peach to grow and Sauter
usually picks anywhere from six to 30 crates of peaches. She grows 30
different varieties of peaches. This weekend Moores Orchard has a sale
- buy two peaches and get the third peach free. We pick them when they
are ripe. We try not to rush things because we want the peaches at their
best when you buy them, she said. Moores Orchard is open Tuesday through
Friday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday
from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The store is closed on Mondays. For more information,
call Gus at 410-256-5982.
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