About Us
The history of highland
In 1941, John and Rachel Webster purchased the farmstead now known as Highland Orchards, Inc. in West Chester, Pennsylvania. At the that time, the farm consisted of approximately 100 acres and grew primarily apples.
John liked to grow peaches and he planted many acres on his new farm, while continuing to manage their home farm, also named Highland Orchards, in Wilmington Delaware. The original Delaware farm continues to be owned and managed by descendants of John and Rachel -the Linton Family.
In the 1950s, when John and Rachel’s daughter Elizabeth married Robert Hodge, they became managers and owners of the Pennsylvania farm. They and their six children expanded the crops, buildings and property. Elizabeth liked animals and raised beef cattle until 1970.

