Lakeville Orchards
Through the Years

Memories from
the farm.

Snapshots and clips from six generations of growing in Williamson, New York. We’ll keep adding to this as the seasons roll on.

Then

The generations and families that came before us
Three generations of the Sonneville family shaking sour cherriesJim Peters on the cherry shakerGreat Grandma Clara Fish Farrell with her great-grandsons Carter and Casen at her farm stand in CanandaiguaAdeline, Clara, Ed, Deanie and Rhonda outside the family barn in 1958Frank Ghyzel, Jason's great grandfather, with his daughters in 1946Good Fruit Grower magazine cover featuring the farmJason's dad planting trees in Sodus
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Jason, his dad Doug, and his grandpa John Sonneville

Shaking sour cherries in the heat of summer, passing the farm along one generation at a time.

Now

Still growing, still family
Casen and Grandpa Jim using heavy equipment simulators.Jason Sonneville with the original Lakeville Orchards truck in 2010Casen picking strawberries in the fieldCasen on the farm-built harvesting platform hand-thinning applesJason inside the new Controlled Atmosphere storage building under constructionJason on a John Deere tractor spreading fertilizer in a young orchard at sunriseJason and his boys standing in the CA storage doorway looking out at a young orchard
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Casen and Grandpa Jim using heavy equipment simulators.

Casen and Grandpa Jim using heavy equipment simulators.

Little Farmers

Carter and Casen learning the ropes
Carter and Casen walking toward the old barnCarter and Casen in the pumpkin patchCarter and Casen showing off fresh strawberriesCarter and Casen riding along on the tree planterCarter, Casen and their little cousin in the Lakeville Orchards UTVCarter, Casen and a friend on the hay bales in the barnGrandpa holding a little one in the orchard under a rainbowCarter and Casen with Grandma at Fish's Farm MarketCarter picking asparagusCarter standing next to his roadside asparagus standCasen giving a thumbs up next to a John Deere tractorCarter, Casen and their cousin Blake standing on hay bales in the barnCasen sitting in a John Deere Gator ride-on toy in front of the farmhouseToddler Carter standing on a John Deere tractor in Grandpa's shopCasen on his mini 'Cruisin' garden tractorCasen driving the Kubota with a snow plow attachedCasen with a tool belt at the shop, ready to fix apple binsCasen sitting on the old Datsun forklift in the shopCasen in the John Deere tractor plowing snow
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Headed to the barn

Dandelions and apple blossoms everywhere.

Fruit Stand

The fruit stand through the seasons
Fresh peaches at the Lakeville Orchards standCarter and Casen minding the strawberry wagonLittle Sonneville on the fruit stand with pumpkins and apples
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Today's peaches

Fresh-picked and stacked on the fruit stand.

Farm Life

The everyday work behind every basket
Jim Peters running the apple shakerNew block of trees going in the groundCasen on the harvesting platform hand-thinning applesManuel and his daughter Dariana on the tractor during harvestManuel using Agri-Trak to track farm data during harvest
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On the shaker

Harvest days in full swing.

Videos

Moving moments from the orchard

Above the orchard

A drone's view walking through the apple orchard during harvest.

Over-the-row sprayer

Our over-the-row sprayer working its way through the apple blocks.

Harvest morning

An early morning walk through the orchard during apple harvest.

BerryCam, 2018

Curious kids stock the stand.

More videos coming soon

Have a clip from the stand? Send it our way and we’ll add it here.

🐾 Tex Sightings

The unofficial farm mascot
Tex, the farm dog, sitting in the back of the Polaris RangerTex watching the orchard from the grassTex, the brown poodle-mix puppy, sitting in a blue harness
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Tailgate Tex

Tex holding down the tailgate while the work wraps up for the evening.

More Tex sightings coming soon — he's usually somewhere in the orchard.