industry agriculture founded 1807 founder chauncey merriman headquarters southington connecticut u.s. number of locations 2 area served new england products farm store products services wholesale and retail sales revenue 1 200 000 est. annual sales number of employees 18 est. website http www.rogersorchards.com footnotes references 1 2 rogers orchards in southington connecticut is an agricultural produce company owned and operated by members of the same family since its founding in 1807 and one of the leading agricultural producers in connecticut . 1 totaling 250 acres 1.0 km2 it is southington s largest farm and the largest apple grower in the state selling wholesale to local stores and retail at its farmers markets . 1 3 4 5 6 it harvests and sells twenty varieties of apples annually with mcintosh macoun cortland and empire among its most popular . 5 rogers orchards also harvests and sells apricots peaches nectarines plums pumpkins and other fruits and vegetables in season and sells baked goods honey and syrups cut flowers other farm specialty products and firewood . 3 4 contents 1 company history 2 trade association memberships 3 site of connecticut farm investment program launch 4 notes 5 references 6 external links company history edit baldwin apple founded by chauncey merriman in 1807 this family farm began operating in 1809 after merriman s son anson and four year old grandson josiah began its apple orchards by planting one thousand baldwin apple trees by hand . 3 once popular now rare baldwin apples unlike other varieties have been prized for the making of traditional new england cider . 7 spanning eight generations the family farm which came to be called rogers orchards expanded to a 250 acre 1.0 km2 operation split between two locations the home farm and sunnymount farm both located in southington . 5 8 john rogers the president of rogers orchards and the great great great great grandson of chauncey merriman runs the operation which has an estimated 18 employees . 2 4 8 trade association memberships edit rogers orchards is an active member of trade organizations of connecticut fruit growers including the connecticut pomological society ; the connecticut apple marketing board ; the new england apple association ; and the new england apple council . 3 rogers orchards president john rogers is a member of the board of directors and secretary treasurer of the new england apple association 9 and a former president of the connecticut pomological society . 10 site of connecticut farm investment program launch edit on july 25 2008 connecticut governor m. jodi rell used rogers orchards as a setting to announce the launch of a 500 000 investment program designed to aid connecticut s farmers . 6 rogers orchards president john rogers acknowledged in a newspaper interview that he did not know why the governor chose his farm as the setting for her visit and announcement but that he was pleased by her presence and support of local independent farming operations . 4 notes edit a b c ken byron staff writer 2006 06 14 . town s largest farm granted tax break exemption ok d for rogers orchards web . the hartford courant 2 west central ed . . retrieved 2008 08 14 . a b company profile rogers orchards incorporated . manta.com . dun & bradstreet . 2008 . retrieved 2008 08 13 . a b c d rogers orchards of southington ct orchard of the week web . news from new england apples hatfield ma press release . newenglandapples.org new england apple association . 2006 08 14 . retrieved 2008 08 14 . dead link a b c d james craven 2008 07 26 . rell visits rogers orchards to announce farm aid web . bristol press . bristolpress.com bristol press . retrieved 2008 08 14 . a b c patricia brooks and lester brooks . food lovers guide to connecticut . 2nd ed . 2004 . guilford ct the globe pequot press 2007 . pp. 138 ; 303 index . isbn 978 0 7627 2861 9 . a b local news connecticut grown web . the southington citizen . 2008 08 06 . p. 1 . retrieved 2008 08 14 . rogers orchards family members and employees gather with gov. m. jodi rell july 25 2008 as she announces grants are available for connecticut farms . west county ciders our cider selection baldwin web . west county cider . westcountycider.com west county cider . retrieved 2008 08 14 . a b welcome to rogers orchards web . rogers orchards . rogersorchards.com rogers orchards . retrieved 2008 08 14 . fine fruit growers for eight generations . about new england apple association web . new england apple association . apples ne.com new england apple association . retrieved 2008 08 14 . battista carolyn 1986 06 15 . chemical a concern to apple growers . the new york times . the new york times company . retrieved 2008 08 14 . references edit brooks patricia and lester brooks . food lovers guide to connecticut best local specialties markets recipes restaurants events and more . insiders guide ser . 2nd ed . 2004 . guilford ct the globe pequot press morris book publishing llc 2007 . isbn 0 7627 2861 2 10 . isbn 978 0 7627 2861 9 13 . 138 ; 303 index . google book search limited preview . scannell james w. connecticut pomological society records table of contents archive finding aid . archives & special collections at the thomas j. dodd research center . university of connecticut libraries . accessed august 14 2008 . external links edit rogers orchards official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rogers orchards & oldid 724973701 categories agriculture companies of the united statescompanies based in hartford county connecticutfarms in connecticutsouthington connecticutcompanies established in 18071807 establishments in the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 june 2016 at 19 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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