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    STRITES ORCHARD

    Strites Orchard Fruit Label
    Photo of Strites Orchards place of business.
    Joseph Strite and Mary Strickler with their children in a garden.
    Earl Strite and Jane Strite
    Peddling produce door to door.
    Earl Strite and his wife Mabel (Kaylor)
    Earl Strite picking apples.
    Earl Strite working the fields.
    1945 photo of Joseph and Thomas Strite wih arents Earl and Mabel.
    1948 photo of beef cattle on the Strite Farm.
    1950 Produce is sold from the farm. Photo of farm produce.
    1953 Earl and his sons take an ice cream break.
    Earl is named Master Farmer in1962.
    1966 Photo of Porter and Steck farms tha are purchased.
    1969 Joe Strite marries Sharon Myers, photo is of them ad their son and daughter.
    1971 Photo of greenhouse that was added to the farm.
    1973 Tom Strite married Sheryl Herilla and they remodel the Porter farmhouse.
    Photo of the Strites produce building in 1976.
    1977 a tornado strkes the arm destroying the Cokl barn anddamaging the greenhouses.
    Photo of Joe and Tom Strite
    Photo of 2001 drip irrigation.
    2002 Photo of Mathew and Amy Strite ad their children Molly and Mason.
    2005 Stephanie Strite marries Mathew Pomraning. Photo is with their children Cassiy and Jacob.
    2008 Jonathan Strite marries Elizabeth Ammon. Their children are Edie nd Zachary.
    2011 Photo of their CSA Program, delivery weekly boxes of fresh produce.
    2014 marks their 100th year of growing fruits and vegetables.
    Photo of some antique farm items.
    Photo of Strites jams and products for sale.
    Aerial photo of the Strites Farm.
    Photo of Earl and Mable Strite
    Photo of painting of Joseph and Mary Strite.
    Source:  Photos courtesy of the Strite Family.

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