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Linvilla Orchards history
Linvilla Orchards company history timeline
In 1914, Arthur Linvill and his mother Lydia purchased a dairy farm with an eighty-foot tall octagonal barn.
1914 - Arthur farmed buckwheat on the property his first few years.
1915 – First apple and peach trees planted on the farm
1927 – Knowlton Swim Club mud hole started with horse and scoop
1940’s – The sales of peaches and apples moved off the porch and into the barn and the last of the animals moved to outside pastures.
1960’s (late)- Bakery ovens purchased and bakery started in farm market.
1962 - Donald, the youngest of the three brothers, sold his shares and started a produce business - Linvill’s Little Red Barn - in California.
1969 – Dried flower shop, "Weed, Pod & Posy Shop," added on the second story of the Octagonal barn.
1970's - David Linvill (Larry Linvill's son) established and managed the PYO operation - mostly strawberries.
1971 - Linvilla’s Pumpkinland display wins first place at Philadelphia Horticultural Society's Harvest Show
1985 - Linvilla Orchards awarded the Guiness Book of World Records "World's Largest Rag Doll" for Peggy Ann who still presides over Pumpkinland each year.
1987 – Larry Linvill retired and sold his development rights to Middletown Township
1988- Linvilla purchased the neighboring warehouse building for storage and refrigeration.
2002 - Devastating fire destroys Octagonal Barn New farm market built Maintenance workshop moved
2010 - 15,000 square foot greenhouse and garden center added
2013 - Linvilla purchased 36 acre neighboring property
2019- The next generation of Linvills, grandson Elijah, returns to work on the farm after college.
2019 - Beer garden added in the stone foundation left from the Octagonal barn after the fire.
2020 - Paul Linvill passed
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caraluzzi's Markets | 1949 | $9.6M | 100 | 8 |
| Pete's Fresh Market | - | $9.2M | 3,000 | - |
| Hy-Vee | 1930 | $12.0B | 88,000 | 1,809 |
| Weis Markets | 1912 | $4.8B | 23,000 | 919 |
| Price Chopper Supermarkets-Market 32 | 1932 | $640.0M | 3,000 | 6 |
| D'Agostino Supermarket | 1932 | $200.0M | 249 | - |
| E W James Store | - | $284.9K | 5 | - |
| Rainbow Foods | 1983 | $17.0M | 25 | - |
| Price Cutter | 1919 | $530.0M | 3,000 | 30 |
| Waldbaums | 1904 | $7.1M | 240 | - |
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