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Hausman Fruit Farm
“When people taste them, they
keep coming back for more,” Mir
iam said of the Holland tomato
varieties that they grow.
The tomatoes are planted in
January and harvesting begins in
April.
The tomatoes are planted in a
peat-type mix and ate watered for
about S minutes a day. Fresh air is
constantly heated rather than cir
culated in the greenhouse.
, “It’s more expensive that way,
but it works better for the humidi
ty," Keith said.
The 800 tomato plants per
greenhouse grows to a height of
seven to 8 feet. Each blossom is
pollinated by hand by tickling the
cluster at least every other day.
Miriam operates the Fruit
Shoppe on the farm, where in addi
tion to fruit and vegetables, she
sells gift items, dairy products,
pottery, fruit baskets, and ships
holiday fruit packages.
Miriam also raises bedding
plants in addition to aspargus, pep
pers, and geraniums. The farm car
ries its own line of jellies and jams.
At first Miriam made them, but
now she has someone else make
them.
She delivers fruit baskets to area
hospitals.
The store is closed Sunday and
Monday through the winter, but
opens on Monday through Satur
day in the middle of May. From
August through October, the store
is open seven days a week.
Carol, Keith’s wife, is in charge
of bookkeeping and a stand at
Quqkertown Farmers Market One
of the Hausmans* recent ventures
is tailgate marketing at the outdoor
Farmers’ Market in Petkasie.
“The town is really behind the
outdoor market,” Keith said. “It’s
in the middle of town where a for
mer lumberyard that burned down
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is located. It is open only during
the summer months from 7 a.m. to
12 p.m. on a Saturday, but we do
very well because the people really
support it
“One of the biggest misconcep
tions that people have about fruit
growing is that we vacation in
Florida every winter because we
don’t have anything to do,” Keith
said. “Actually orchards require
year-round labor. It takes us the
entire winter to prune trees, pack
fruit, and repair the equipment and
we still don’t get done.”
But Keith isn’t complaining. “1
love the work. I always did. I like
the freedom and openess. I espe
cially like springtime for the
weather and the work, but that’s
when the cash flow is at the lowest,
so I guess I should like summer
best,” Keith said, “that’s when the
money comes in.”
Keith is determined to keep the
business a family farm.
“A lot of orchards arc going out
of business because expenses arc
growing every year and receipts
are no higher than 10 years ago,”
he said. “We need to become more
and more efficient to make a profit
The most effective way is to sell
more retail.”
Competition from Washington
State apples is enormous.
‘The state spends a lot of money
on advertising and they buy up
supermarket space,” Keith said.
“Area stores mark up my apples
150 percent and if I complain, they
say that they’ll just buy more
apples from Washington state.
There isn’t much that I can do
except to concentrate more on
retail at our store and market
stands.”
The Hau’sman Fruit Farm and
Fruit Shoppe is located at Lime
port Pike, R.D. 2, Box 652,
Coopersburg, PA 18036, (215)
967-2440.
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