Apple Valley Country Store in Hood River Oregon is celebrating its 20th year as one of Hood River's favorite visitor attractions. Located in the midst of picturesque orchards, forrests and farmlands, our family has been making homemade jams, jellies, and pies in the store's kitchen for over 20 years.The White family bought the run down building in 1989 to use as an outlet to sell their organic apples and produce grown on their farm. Today, Apple Valley Country Store is run by their son Justin, who joined the business in 2006 after a 15 year culinary career taking him from Boston and Key West to the San Juan Islands. ( Click here for more history ).Justin brought new energy and expertise to the business which he used to expand the kitchen, update equipment and look for new opportunities to streamline. Today, Apple Valley wholesales its jams to many other farms in Hood River along with stores in nearby Portland and Bend. The product line has grown to include over 50 varieties of fruit jams, pepper jellies, syrups and pie fillings. Our pepper jelly line features northwest cherries, peaches and berries to produce such favorites as Cherry Habanero, Peach Habanero, Huckleberry Habanero and Marionberry Habanero. We also produce our own line of sugar free jams such as Huckleberry Peach or Marionberry Pear as well as sugar free syrups such as Vanilla Pear.In our store's bakery, each pie is made from scratch, including the filling. Our pie filling contains fruit, sugar and spices. No commercial canned pie fillings, preservatives or fillers are ever used. You can smell the aromas of fresh pies baking every morning. We offer a wide selection of fruit pies such as wild Huckleberry, Marionberry, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Cherry and more. Whole pies are sold as well as by the slice and u-bake frozen pies. Some of our bakery specialties, such as flaky Pear or Apple Dumplings, Berry Cobblers, Crisps and turnovers are baked only on special event weekends.