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Vol. 44 No. 4
In Good Growing Season, Scholl Orchards Celebrates Golden Anniversary
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
BETHLEHEM (Northampton
Co.) Three words sum up the
essential ingredients to the multi
genera tional roadside fruit and
vegetable production business that
is Scholl Orchards, located here:
“Tree-ripened fruit"
Orchard manager and owner
George H. Scholl is convinced that
allowing fruit to ripen on the tree is
key to ensuring customer satisfac
tion and repeat business.
This year marks the Golden
Anniversary of Scholl’s Orchards,
located on Rt. 512 north of the city
of Bethlehem.
Lancaster Fanning recently
spoke to Scholl and wife Faith
about the chores and challenges of
maintaining a 50-ycar-old orchard
and farm market. The orchard
stands in an area overgrown not
with trees, but houses.
When George's great uncle,
pennState
College 01 Agricultural Sciences
From the Department of Dairy amt Animal Science
This regular column from Penn State’s Department of Dairy and Ani
mal Science features the research findings, student opportunities; and
reports on other important topics generated in the Department Watch
for notice when back Issues of the column are archived on Lancaster
Fanning’s Internet www.lancasterfarmlng.com home page.
INTRODUCING A NEW ERA
It is a distinct pleasure to in
troduce myself to readers of Lan
caster Farming and to share our
vision for informing, educating
and updating you about current is
sues in animal agriculture. My
name is Terry Etherton, and I as
sumed the position of head of the
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science at The Pennsylvania State
University on May 1, 1998.
Since that time, I have come to
At the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Agriculture-Industry Banquet are from left, George C. Delp
presenting his namesake 1998 honorary award to Darvin
Boyd with his wife Linda Boyd and Samuel Hayes, Jr., Pen
nsylvania agriculture secretary, presenting the 1998 Lan-
Four Sections
Harry Nonnemaker, began the
orchard here in the early 19205,
there was nothing but farms, said
Scholl. As the Great Depression
arrived, George's great uncle sold
parcels of the land, down to about
four acres. Harry and wife Maty
planted fruit trees, mostly apples,
through the 19305.
In the 19405, George’s father
and mother, Reginald and June
Scholl, moved to the farm and
asked Nonnemaker if they could
care for the trees. In 1958 Reginald
finally purchased the orchard,
totalling four acres.
However, the farm market on
Rt 512 was already in place. In
1948, a small table containing
baskets of apples was constructed
the beginning of the retail mark
et A small building went on the
site in the early 19505. George
himself worked on the orchard
until he was graduated from Sus-
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appreciate that the department
needs to communicate more regu
larly with those who care about
Pennsylvania agriculture.
Everett Newswanger, Lancaster
Farming’s editor, has graciously
allowed the department to submit
articles to Lancaster Farming on a
regular basis. In this issue, I
want to share with you a bit about
my background and discuss the
departmentfs objectives for be
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Photos by Evaratt NawaWangar, managing adltor.
*> Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28, 1998
This year marks the Golden Anniversary of Scholl’s Orchards, located on Rt. 512
north of the city of Bethlehem. Lancaster Farming rec?Wty to George Scholl
and wife Faith about the chores and challenges of maintaining a 50-year-old orchard
and farm market. Photo by Andy Andrews
EPA, USD A Officials Present
AFO Strategy, Listen To Comments
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) One of II national meet
ings concerning the federal gov
ernment’s proposals for nutrient
management planning for all of
United States’ livestock opera
tions was held Nov. 17 at the Sher
aton Inn Harrisburg East, in Union
Deposit
caster County Century Farm award to Melvin and Joyce
Eby. Boyd received the award for his significant personal
contribution to the agriculture community, and the Eby’s
farm has been in the family for more than 100 years with the
eighth generation of the family now living on the farm.
Darvin Boyd, Ehy Family Honored
At Ag Industry Banquet
$29.50 Per Year
Published in the Federal Regis
ter earlier this year was a joint
proposal of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to follow a strategy to use
interpretations of existing authori
ties and programs to get all lives
tock farmers to adopt comprehen
sive nutrient management plans.
The joint proposal is called the
600 Per Copy
USDA/EPA Unified Joint
Strategy for Animal Feeding Oper
ations (AFOs).
According to federal officials,
the strategy is an outline of how the
two organizations are to coordi
nate efforts to work cooperatively
with their existing authorities to
fulfill goals within the Clinton
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EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
- The premier event to show the
interdependency of agriculture, in
dustry and commerce in Lancaster
County is the annual Agriculture-
Industry Banquet of the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce and Indus
try. Lancaster is one of ,the very
few Chambers in the nation that
includes an agriculture committee
and a manager of agricultural serv
ices within the city organization
The 22nd such banquet was held
Tuesday night at the Host Resort
and Convention Center with 550
people attending.
Highlight of the evening was
the presentation of the county's
most prestigious agriculture award
to Darvin Boyd, well know agri
culturalist and manager of -the
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