Jake Mann’s family legacy goes back to the early days of apple growing and shipping in the California. His parent’s ranch Five Mile Orchard is a locally known historical location, where his great, great grandfather settled and built what is known as Sam L. Mann & Company apple storage facility and orchard in the early 1920’s.
The family ranch is located five miles north of the city of Watsonville, thus the name, “Five Mile Orchard”. 17 varieties of apples are grown with the majority being Newtown Pippin. The Gravenstein apple is the first variety on the market in late July, followed by Gala, Golden, Red Delicious, Winter Banana, Bellefleur, Mutsu, Empire, Granny Smith and the Newtown Pippin.
In this chat we tour the Apple Storage facility at Sam L Mann & Co. and ride out into the orchard discussing a range of topics relevant to orchardist, apple fans and cidermakers.
Sam L Mann Co provides apples to the following cideries.
- Rider Ranch Cider Co. Listen to Eric and Katie Ride on episode 110
- Santa Cruz Cider Co. Listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60
- Tanuki Cider Co. Listen to Robby Honda on episode 103
- https://www.lassencider.com/
- Tilted Shed Cider Co.
- And apples to Martinellis, makers of a well known US Brand of Sparkling Ciders.
Contact info for Jake Mann
- 2930 Freedom Boulevard
- Watsonville, California 95078
- +001- 800-643-2462
Instagram: @thefivemileorchard
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- Oliver’s Cider and Perry – Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29
- Santa Cruz Cider Company – California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60
- The Cider Project aka EthicCider– California
- Albemarle CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56
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- Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg.
- Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia
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