OUR COVID RESPONSE CALL NOW: (509) 689-3424 FAMILY TRADITIONS GEBBERS WAY FRESH FRUIT SALES CONTACT US THE WORLD’S FRESHEST APPLES AND CHERRIES GROW HERE. THE PERFECT CHERRY FARMING – IT’S IN OUR DNA A GROWING TRADITION Gebbers Farms has become one of the top apple growers in the northwestern U.S. and the largest provider of cherries in the world for two reasons: quality and freshness. With many thousands of acres of engineered orchard and strategically located high up at the base of Washington state’s Cascade Range, the renowned Gebbers family has practiced the art of freshness for well over a century. Our growing seasons offer cooler days and crisp nights – ideal for growing fragile fruit like apples and cherries. We proudly tend – and are constantly improving – one of the biggest contiguous apple orchards in the world and have become the largest supplier of late season sweet cherries that are simply second to none in quality, freshness and taste. FAMILY TRADITION OUR HISTORY 100% FAMILY OWNED AND MANAGED 1885 1885 Dan Gamble arrived with his backpack at the Harts Pass area in Washington State having walked from Nova Scotia for the beginning of the upper Methow gold rush. Later, he chased the silver boom at Ruby in the Okanogan Valley. He first established a saw mill in the mouth of Cactus Canyon near Brewster in 1894 where he caught and milled drift wood out of the river. He followed this venture with the establishment of the Gamble Hotel and steamboat landing on the banks of the Columbia River. He planted his first apple orchard in Brewster in 1910. He incorporated Gamble Lumber Company and a second saw mill located on Paradise Hill in 1910, with a large part of the production being wooden apple boxes. He built his first apple packing shed in Brewster in 1918. 1889 1889 Martha Gamble Gebbers was the first baby girl born in the new town of Brewster. 1906-1927 1906-1927 1906 John Gebbers and his family homesteaded at Alta Lake near Pateros Washington, where they farmed potatoes and worked on the Cooper apple orchard. 1927 John Gebbers and Martha Gamble married and established a home in Brewster where John ran the family orchards and cattle ranch while Martha operated the apple packing shed and saw mill. 1930 1930 Dan Gebbers was born the only child of John and Martha Gebbers. The previous photo with Dan Gebbers at 18 months of age was used for the “Danny Boy” apple label. © 2020 Gebbers Farms | Links | Videos | Privacy Policy