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Fresh Peaches? Hollins Farms has just the Peach for You!

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Hollin Farms is a four-generation family farm next to Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County, northern Virginia, about 45 minutes from the Washington, DC beltway. We specialize in grass-fed natural beef but also offer heritage "Gloucestershire Old Spot" pork, fescue-free hay for horses, and pick-your-own strawberries (starting in late May) and peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn, blackberries, and raspberries in the summer. We have a big pumpkin patch and corn maze in the fall.

Matt Davenport has a Master of Engineering degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University. He manages the day to day operations of the farm. Shannon Davenport is a nurse at Inova Fairfax Hospital. They were the recipients of the 2005 "Young Farmer Achievement Award" for the state of Virginia from the Virginia Farm Bureau.

  Hollin Farms was started by Robert C. Davenport in the early 1950s. The farm is named after Hollin Hills, an award-winning community of modern houses that he developed in Fairfax county in the 1950s and 60s. At Hollin Farm he focused on performance testing bulls, and over 50 years developed an outstanding purebred Angus herd, selling bulls to mainly commercial cattle operations. He was awarded the Virginia Cattleman of the Year award for his efforts at improving beef cattle in Virginia. Bob Davenport died in 2002. He was 96 years old.
 
In the 1990s Bob's son and grandson Tom and Matt joined the farming operation. Using the excellent purebred Angus base developed by Bob Davenport, they increased the herd size and began a commercial and cross breeding operation.

Tom and his wife Mimi made films and are best known for their series From the Brothers Grimm which is set in the countryside on and around Hollin Farms. Their feature Willa: An American Snow White received the American Library Association's Carnegie Medal. In 2000, Tom started folkstreams.net to video stream his documentaries and others on American Roots Cultures. He is currently developing farmfoody.org, a social networking site for farmers and their customers.
 
Mimi Davenport, (wife of Tom, mother of Matt) in farm wife tradition, runs the office, keeps the books and does the billing. She also designed this web site along with those for Davenport Films and Folkstreams for the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others. She is a Fine Arts graduate of Cornell University and is an active watercolor painter whose landscapes can be seen in the Berkley Gallery in Warrenton.


Peaches are ripening in Northern Virginia at Hollins Farms.

Normal ripening dates.
  
Peach Varieties In order of ripening  
Peach Type Ripens Description
Sentry Yellow Freestone Early/Mid July Early Sentry is yellow semi free stone .
Sweet Scarlet Yellow Freestone Mid July Sweet Scarlet is a yellow peach with a white peach flavor.
Red Haven Yellow Freestone Late July/Early August
Red Haven is a popular yellow freestone. Good for canning and freezing.
White Lady White Fleshed Early August White Lady is a white fleshed peach. The fruit is highly colored
and very firm with excellent dessert qualities.
John Boy Yellow Freestone Early August John Boy is a large yellow freestone related to the popular Loring peach.
Good for canning and freezing.
Klondike White White Fleshed Mid August Klondike White is a large white peach. Very popular with
Asian customers.
Beekman Yellow Freestone Mid August Beekman is a popular yellow free stone. Good for canning and freezing.
Sugar Giant White Fleshed Mid August Sugar Giant is one of the largest white peaches with
exceptional color and firmness.
Loring Yellow Freestone Late August Loring is large, firm, yellow freestone, One of the best for
canning and freezing.
Suncrest Yellow Freestone Late August Suncrest is a large yellow freestone, good for canning and freezing.
Valley Sweet Yellow Freestone Late August Valley Sweet is a late yellow peach.

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Kat DeLong
Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - Prescott, AZ
REALTOR
I had NO idea there were so many different peaches (my fav' fruit!)!!! BTW; this is a real peachy post. :-)
Jul 30, 2009 02:46 PM
Kim Curran
RE/MAX Unlimited of Northern Virginia - Bristow, VA
I too love peaches. Gonna take the kiddos and go.
Jul 30, 2009 08:51 PM
Christine McInerney
Great Life RE - Knoxville, TN
The McInerney Team, Knoxville TN Homes For Sale
In Knoxville, TN we have a great Farmers Market in downtown at a place called market square- they have the best peaches!
Jul 31, 2009 03:56 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info
Nice pics! It looks like a beautiful area. I wish I could buy a decent peach around here!
Aug 03, 2009 04:06 PM
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