Brief History of the Farm
Brief History of the Farm
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Vanderlei Farm 1952
Our family’s history on the farm started in May of 1945, when Benjamin and Wendelena Vanderlei purchased and moved to the yard. Later their son, Clarence and his wife, Lila, made the yard their home place and continued farming here. Keeping with tradition, they were followed by one of their sons, Lowell and his wife, Alice.
Over the years the farm has went through a variety of changes and adventures, from horse and buggy, cows and pigs, field crops, electric motors, welding, tires, and fixing about anything you could imagine. And now a little bit of a new adventure begins with these trees, hopefully becoming a wonderful addition to this great community.
A Little Apple History in Bon Homme County!
A Little Apple History in Bon Homme County!
Just around a mile north of us, back in the late 1800s when pioneers were settling here, a farmer named Henry Dykstra grew a small orchard. He even bred a new variety of apple and named it after our county, the Bon Homme County Winter Apple! The variety was written about in the morning edition of the Saint Paul Daily Globe on Monday, May 7, 1888, and also noted in A Study of Northwestern Apples put out by the South Dakota Agricultural College in Brookings, SD in 1902.
The Daily Globe article mentions that Henry sold the rights to propagate and sell the variety to nurseryman Peter C. De Linde of Running Water, but we haven't been able to find anymore information about the variety or if any of the trees still exist.
We'd love to hear about it if you have more any information!
Saint Paul Daily GlobeMonday Morning, May 7, 1888
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