Rinehart Orchards, located in Washington County, Maryland, is a premier grower of apples, peaches and nectarines with over 400 acres in agricultural production. This is our 76th year of growing quality fruit and vegetables in the Cumberland Valley region. Our mission is to provide you, the customer, with the best quality tree-ripened fruit and vegetables while using the most environmentally-friendly agricultural growing processes.
We operate a modern packing house with a common cold storage and a controlled atmosphere storage for tree-ripened fruit that provides a fresh supply of apples and peaches throughout the year. Our proximity to Baltimore, MD, allows quality fruit to be packed and shipped within a very short window of time.
Rinehart Orchards retail fruit market is located along Route 418 in Smithsburg, Maryland, and operates a seasonally beginning in July with peaches and plums and other farm fresh produce. We continue the season with our best nectarines, ginger gold apples, gala & golden delicious apples. We round out the harvest season with seven other varieties of apples including Red Delicious, Rome, York, Ida Red, Stayman & Fuji. We also offer decorative harvest vegetables in early fall including pumpkins, gourds and squash.
| Varieties of Peaches/ Nectarines | Best Used For | Season Available |
| Red Haven (semi-cling) | Eating & Freezing | July 20 through August 4 |
| Sun High | Eating, Freezing & Canning | August 5 |
| Harmony | Eating, Freezing & Canning | August 5 |
| Ernie's Choice | Eating, Freezing & Canning | August 5 |
| Sun Crest | Eating, Freezing & Canning | August 12 |
| White Peaches | Eating | August 1 through August 27 |
| Baby Gold (cling) | Canning | August 15 |
| Crest Haven | Eating, Freezing & Canning | August 18 |
| Encore | Eating, Freezing & Canning | September 1 |
| Nectarines | Eating | July 20 through August 20 |
Please note: Dates available are an estimation only. Updates will be made as soon as possible on availability.
From Frederick: Take Interstate 70 to Exit 35, (Rt 66 North). At light turn right onto Rt64. Turn right onto Rt 418 at blinking light towards Ringgold. Look for fruit market on your left.
From Hagerstown: Take Rt 64 towards Leitersburg. Follow Rt 418 towards Ringgold. Look for fruit market on your left.
From Waynesboro: From the square, take Rt 16 East to the intersection with Midvale Road. Turn right onto Midvale Road at Buchannan Auto Park. Follow approximately 1 mile into Maryland Route 418. Fruit market is on the right.
Site last updated July 17, 2006.