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You be the judge of our Fudge! 

Saturday, March 31st Brown's hosted a OH FUDGE Contest!  The public was invited to sample four different kinds of chocolate or peanut butter fudge and vote for their favorite. Read the full story here.

Orchards Seeing Early Blooms

FOX43, March 14, 2012:
Amber Miller, FOX 43 4:17pm EDT, March 14, 2012

It's the first time in 64 years that Brown's Orchards in York County has seen fruit trees blooming in mid-March. Buds on some of the apricot and plum trees are in full bloom. If the weather remains as is, it will take about two or three months for fruit to fully develop, making some of summer's favorite foods available two weeks earlier than normal.

"I've never seen anything this early, not even close to this early," said Matthew Etter, Brown's Orchards.

While that's good news for the customer and will mean an increase in revenue a few weeks earlier this year, all is not certain. If there is a cold snap, trees could be threatened. In fact, some blossoms could be killed, eliminating the crop for the season.

"You still have til mid-May with frost injury and that's the first thing that pops in my mind," said Etter. "So the earlier things bloom the more chance you have to have injury."

There are about eight to 12 blossoms per cluster on each fruit tree at the orchard. The orchard only needs one to two to sruvive, fully developing into fruit, in order to ensure a significant harvest. Those in charge at the orchard can only hope Mother Nature will work in their favor.

"If all goes right we'll have early fruit crops," said Stanley Brown, Brown's Orchards. Watch Video of the story here.

Brown's announces January Teacher of the Month

Brown's surprised Dallastown Intermediate school teacher, Mr. Brandon Walker, with a Brown's gift basket and apples for his 100 students on February 15th.  Mr Walker is Brown's January Teacher of the Month. He was nominated by students, Cole Shaffer, Srishti Singh, Meghan Williams, Emily Girouard and Haley Smith. See York Junior Dispatch article here. 

Brown's Apple Cider wins first place 

Brown's has been pressing fresh apple cider in its own state of the art facility for over 25 years.  On Tuesday, January 31st, our cider was recognized as the top cider in the Mid-Atlantic by winning first place in the Fresh Apple Cider contest held during the 35th Annual Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention in Hershey, PA.  The cider contest is open to any fresh cider produced in PA, DE, MD, NJ, WV and VA. First place honors this year were shared with Weaver's Orchard in Morgantown, PA.   

Brown's North Closing

On Thursday, January 26th, the owners of Brown's Orchards announced that they will be closing their location in Emigsville.  York Daily Record Story.

Brown's announces October Teacher of the Month

Mrs. Marissa Donnelly of Mt. Zion Lutheran Preschool was chosen as Brown's October Teacher of the month.  Dave Brown presented Mrs. Donnelly with a Brown’s gift basket and apples for her students.  Mrs. Donnelly was nominated by siblings, Isaiah and Bella Brokopp.  Four-year old, Isaiah said, “My teacher is great because she loves me”.  Three-year old Bella responded, “and because I love her.” http://ydtalk.com/jdispatch/2011/11/10/browns-announces-october-teacher-of-the-month/

Brown's announces September Teacher of the Month

Dave Brown surprised Christian School of York second-grade teachers, Miss Chronister, on Wed., Oct 5th in her classroom with a Brown's gift basket and apples for her students.  Miss Chronister is Brown's September teacher of the month.  She was nominated by student, Elliott Kruth, who wrote, "My teacher is great because she lets us read books."  http://ydtalk.com/jdispatch/2011/10/11/browns-names-sept-teacher-of-the-month/

A Family Tree at Brown's Orchards

Central Penn Business Journal interviews Stan Brown on the risks of changing your business in order to grow.  Read the article (and listen to Stan tell it in his own words) here.   

Blossom throws out ceremonial first pitch at Revs game!  

It was Ag Night at Sovereign Bank Stadium Friday, June 17th and Brown's mascot, Blossom, was front and center.  Blossom replaced the baseball with a Peach for one sweet pitch!  Brown's also sponsored the Watermelon Roll game.  A fun night was had by all!

Brown's Garden Experts featured on FOX 43 Morning News

Laura MacDonald, Steve Smith, and Bob Cinnamon met with FOX 43's Melanie Gardner to talk about the latest in gardening products, fruit & veggie gardening tips, container gardening and how to get kids involved in gardening.  Brown's Greenhouse Bistro was the perfect backdrop and Bob gave Melanie & FOX 43 viewers a tour of the different plants that can be used indoor and outside.  

 Brown's receives blue ribbon!

Brown's received a blue ribbon for Outstanding Exhibit at the 2011 Pennsylvania Garden Show of York, March 3-6.  Thank you to the Brown's team of employees for creating a very well organized, colorful display.  It certainly showed off Brown's and the judges thought so too!