Latest Recipes

Aunt Mary Stockdale's Palisade Peach Cobbler This one is the best! Aunt Mary makes this cobbler every harvest in memory of her mother in law to celebrate summer! Sometimes she will substitute palisade apricots or cherries in place of the peaches.
Blue Sky Cream Puffs with Peach Mousse Entertaining made special with High Country Orchards fresh peaches and pastry puffs.
Cin-Fully Peach Jam 1st Prize winning fresh Palisade Peach jam. Redhaven or Newhaven variety have great color and make a great peach jam.
Confetti Peach Jam Peaches and cherries all in one jam!
Fresh Peach Pie Homemade peach pie with America's Best Peaches!
Fresh Peach Salsa Toss it all together and ENJOY! This salsa is wonderful served over fresh grilled seabass, halibut and most fresh white fish or poultry.
Grandma Mary's Peach Pizza Fresh fruit peach pizza with cream cheese and whipping cream! Perfect for Sunday brunch.
HCO Peaches & Cream Chef created Peach recipe inspired by High Country Orchard Peaches
Mesa Peach Delight Grand Prize winning fresh Palisade Peach dessert made with oreo cream cookie crust. For those fresh peach lovers who also love chocolate!
Never Fail Pie Crust by Dave Daves famous Never Fail Pie Crust is easy and one you will want to use again and again when baking fresh fruit pies!
Palisade Creamy Peach Pie This yummy fresh Palisade Peach pie is a blend of peaches and ice cream!
Palisade Peach and Raspberry jam Fresh Palisade Peach and Raspberry refrigerator jam made easy!
Palisade Peach Delight Grand Prize winning 2006 Palisade Peach Festival Recipe "Palisade Peach Delight"!
Palisade Peach Mousse Peach velvet! Smooth, light and creamy with a touch of white chocolate!
Palisade Peach Pie This is an easy one! Fresh peaches sliced up and baked with tapioca the old fashioned way.
Peaches and Cream Cake Prize winning "Peaches and Cream Cake".
Peaches & Cream Cake Fresh peaches layered between cake and real whipping cream!
Peaches 'N Cream Pecan Bars This recipe is so easy you just mix, bake and cool!
Peaches 'N' Cream Pie This is a must try Peaches 'n Cream nestled in a pie crust recipe that really brings out the freshness of High Country Orchards Palisade peaches.
Peach & A Little Rum Cobbler Peaches and rum cobbler 2nd place Prize winner in recipe contest!
Fresh Peach Chipolte Ketchup This ketchup will turn your basic vinaigarette exotic and add zest to any main dish.
Peach Fuzz Jam Quick and easy peach fuzz jam from made from Palisade Peaches!
Peach Melba This delicious recipe is based on the classic French version developed by the "King of Chefs" Auguste Escoffier.
Peach Pie Alamode with Cinnamon Ice Cream HCO Palisade Peach Pie with homemade Cinnamon Ice Cream. WOW!
Poppin' Peach Half Moons Create your own gourmet High Country Orchards Palisade Peach cookie desserts.
Rhubarb Peach Cherry Pie by Dave Dave makes the best rhubarb peach cherry pie this side of the Continental Divide! You have to try it!
Rosy Peach Jam Peaches, cherries and banana's make up this wonderful peach jam. Try it once and you''ll make it again!
Traditional Peach Cobbler Peach Cobbler the way grandma used to make it!
Western Slope Peach Salsa Fresh ingredients make the best peach salsa! Try this one on for freshness.

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High-Tech Machine Makes for High Quality Peaches in Palisade Colorado Electronic sorting machine finds means high quality results in sorting beautiful High Country Orchards Palisade Peaches
Obama Family Tours High Country Orchards and tastes the famous Colorado Palisade peaches Michelle Obama and daughters toured High Country Orchards to get a taste of those famous Colorado Palisade Peaches!
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Peachy Memories of Moms cookin Gene Amole, writer for the Rocky Mountain News, August 31, 2000 remembers Fresh Palisade Peaches. He tells of the summers with his mom "putting up" peaches to enjoy during the cold Colorado winter months.

About High Country Orchards

High Country Orchards, L.L.C. is family owned and operated by Scott and Theresa High, their daughter Katie and two sons Matthew and Keenan of Denver, Colorado. They share their time between their quiet home site along the Colorado River in Palisade and the bustling city of Denver. Since they purchased their first orchard on East Orchard Mesa in Palisade in November 1999 the family has dreamed of restoring the reputation of the famous Palisade Peaches of one hundred years ago. Scott is a native of Colorado and since his childhood growing up in Denver he remembers those juicy, delicious
peaches from Palisade that would hit the
fruit stands every August. Between Scott
and Theresa, they have almost 50 years of sales, management and marketing experience.

palisade grapesThe High's founded Classic Wines, L.L.C., a fine wine wholesale distributorship headquartered in Denver, where Scott manages the sales and administration of a portfolio of international wines. Classic Wines began operations in 1996 and is the premier Colorado wine-only wholesaler with a reputation in the wine business as an industry leader both locally and nationally. Created from the idea of one, Classic Wines today services a full spectrum of prestigious wine purveyors from around the world and includes the wines from three high quality Grand Valley, Colorado producers.

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Meanwhile, Theresa, whose education and sales experience comes from the wine and publishing industries, has taken on the responsibility of managing the sales, marketing and promotion of their brand, High Country Orchards tree ripened, fresh picked peaches and other fresh market products. In 2006, High Country Orchards expanded their line of premium products to includes fruit preserves, salsas.

High Country Orchard Wedding They look forward to adding honeys and other innovative and agriculturally produced temptations with distribution throughout the state of Colorado. High Country Orchards began shipping nationally on-line in the summer of 2007.



 

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High Country Orchards invites you to visit our family owned and operated orchards, vineyards and gardens. Taste our world famous Palisade tree-ripened peaches and other fresh fruit varieties.






High Country Orchards Country Store

Take a tour of our award winning orchards overlooking the scenic Colorado River in Palisade, Colorado. And visit our Country Store for a walk down memory lane.

COUNTRY STORE HOURS: Wed-Sun. 11-5. TOURS: by appt.