“The first 20 years on the farm were not financially successful. “It was a difficult time, something we didn’t really realize,” recalls Peter Blake, second generation and co-owner who cut his teeth driving bushels of apples and sweet corn to Detroit’s Eastern Market and a grocery chain warehouse. That first season, the family lost their apple crop because of frost, one of a series of setbacks endured over the years. In a three-bedroom farmhouse in Armada, Gerald and Elizabeth “Lovey” Blake raised their 13 children while tending to a 100-acre farm with orchards of apples and fields of sweet corn. It’s available on tap as well.īlake’s began as a family venture, the relocation of mom, dad and children from Detroit to the country. The new cider pays tribute to the family’s apple orchard roots with a base of dessert apples combined with hints of cinnamon and vanilla. To commemorate the family’s milestone, Blake’s has released a limited-edition Apple Pie Hard Cider, available in its Fall Bushel of Blakes, a dozen 12-ounce cans of a variety of the company’s autumn-inspired hard ciders. “The farm and apple orchards started it all in 1946, and, over the years, that expanded to year-round attractions, experiences and events that is now a tradition for many families and we are honored to create those memories for generations.” “We are especially excited to mark our family’s 75th year anniversary and welcome our returning and first-time guests to our properties this fall,” said Andrew Blake, president of the Blake Family of Companies.
And this fall is especially apt because the family enterprise is celebrating a milestone anniversary.
With its cider press in full operation and trees laden with apples, fall is an ideal time to visit Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill.
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