Welcome to our King Orchards Mi-Cherries website, where you will find information about our Montmorency tart cherry products and our family fruit farm here in Northern Michigan.
- Please note: We have moved our online store and shopping cart to our main farm website, KingOrchards.Com.
We hope you like the new shopping experience and find it easier to navigate. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or trouble placing an order.
- We also invite you to join the discussion at our new King Orchards blog, where you'll find orchard reports, farm market updates, recipes and cherry news. We'd love to get your comments and feedback.
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King Orchards in the News
Know your Farmer, Know your Food - See John King
and King Orchards' "We are Michigan" video profile
at the Detroit
Free Press.
King Orchards Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate was selected
by Heart-Healthy Living Magazine as one of 9 "New for
You" heart-healthy products for Summer 2007. |
 We are a first generation family farm. John and Betsy along with
Jim and Rose King and the children make up the family. Our fruit
stands and orchards are located at US-31 and Creswell Road in
Kewadin (9 miles north of Elk Rapids) and 3 miles east of US-31
on M-88 (near the town of Central Lake, Michigan). We love the
farming life and work hard to grow quality fruit.
In addition to 130 acres of tart pie cherries, we
grow 10 acres of Balaton cherries (a new tart cherry variety from
Hungary), 32 acres of sweet black cherries; 95 acres of apples,
including 20 acres of staked high-density plantings; 10 acres
of peaches; 3 acres of pears; 2 acres of apricots; 12 acres of
sweet corn; and 2 acres of garden vegetables (if we can keep Rose
reigned in).
 The
orchard is situated on the highest ground in Antrim County. Looking
west we can see Torch Lake, about 3 miles away, and Grand Traverse
Bay and the Leelanau peninsula beyond that. The rolling hills
and ridges here were formed by the glaciers and are called drumlins.
They help to allow good cold air drainage, which is important
to prevent frost damage. Our proximity to Lake Michigan's Grand
Traverse Bay keeps the temperatures moderated in the spring and
fall. Many people feel that the best fruit in the world is grown
here in northwestern Michigan.
Did you know?
 Dried
tart cherries mixed with cashews, smoked almonds or honey
roasted peanuts make a great snack or appetizer for family or
unexpected guests.
There are many delicious ways to choose
tart cherries for a year-round addition to your healthy diet.
There are many different types of cherries. In "How
to get cherries", we describe the numerous varieties, and
all of the ways to buy them. |
King
Orchards Montmorency Tart Cherry Products.
Click on the pictures below
to learn more.
Tart Cherry Juice
Concentrate
Dried Cherries
Tart Cherry Capsules
Pie Cherries
Cherry Jams and Preserves
Balaton Cherry Salsa |
Cherry Products