Borton Fruit

Borton Fruit is a family-owned and operated fruit company based in Yakima, Washington, whose roots trace to 1912, when founder Byron S. Borton purchased twenty acres of land in West Valley Yakima. The company grows apples, pears and cherries, states that it grows 100% of its own fruit, and operates a consolidated packing and shipping complex.

The roots of Borton Fruit can be traced through the lives of the Borton family since 1912. In 1912, Byron S. Borton, the original founder, grew up on an Illinois farm and worked as a teacher; after short stays in Minnesota and Albany, Oregon, the Borton Family made their way to Yakima, WA, where Byron became the head school master for the three-room Marks School in Yakima. The family settled down in West Valley Yakima, where Byron purchased twenty acres of land. During the 1920s, while teaching for ten years, the Bortons expanded the family orchard to forty acres; Byron S. and his wife raised three sons, Byron E, Richard and Don, who grew up farming and helping with the family apple business. In 1928, Byron E. purchased Cottonwood Orchard and continued farming in cooperation with his father; Richard pursued a career in Electrical Engineering, while Byron S. and son Byron E. expanded their orchards by purchasing eighty acres from the American Fruit Growers in 1938. As the 1940s approached, Byron S. was approaching retirement and war broke out; in 1941, Don Borton was called to war, and in 1944 he was declared "missi…" (snippet truncated).

Premium quality and service since 1912; family-owned and operated for four generations.

Product categories. Apples · Pears · Cherries

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