Marshall
and Edna Branstool began growing fruit in 1984. A peach orchard was planted
that included 1500 peach trees on 11 acres rented from Marshall's father
and uncle. At that time Marshall was a machinist in town while Edna stayed
home to raise two young healthy boys, Tyler and Alex.
As the young trees started to produce, the peaches were sold under a 20'x20' tent set along the highway. After several crops were harvested Marshall realized growing fruit was his real passion. In 1993 a neighboring farm was purchased with 68 acres. 1200 more peach trees were planted along with 800 apple trees. Except for the winter of 1994 when our peach crop froze out, we've been blessed with good weather. The Ohio climate produces high quality good tasting tree-ripened apples and peaches.
In
1995 our farm market was built on the new farm along side the new orchards. In 1997 Edna received a degree in
nursing and now is a registered nurse working in Westerville, OH.
This and the demands of increased fruit production allowed Marshall to
quit his factory job and become full time fruit grower.
We now have over 60 varieties of peaches, apples and pears. Please visit our new orchard page for beautiful and educational photos.
Today Branstool Orchards consists of 4000 peach trees, 2200 apple trees, and a planting of pear trees. We also have yearly pumpkin plantings. We encourage you to visit our beautiful farm and eat some of our wonderful home grown produce.