27201 S. Brookerson Rd Willcox, AZ 85643

Five Tracts of the Briggs & Eggers Apple Orchard in Willcox, Arizona, will go to Auction April 4, 2024. Well-established certified organic orchard available for sale in smaller tracts. The orchard consists of 472.14+/- acres of deeded land and a well-improved headquarters with four homes, workshop, and 24,075+/- s.f. of processing facilities including apple sorting, washing, cold storage buildings and retail space, and a truck scale. The orchard grows a variety of apples on the majority of the 400 acres, with pears on 10 acres. The orchard offered in 5 tracts can be purchased turn-key, complete with all tractors, trailers, sprayers, all rolling stock, irrigation pumps and equipment, and computerized processing equipment. Please go to the Auction website for all the tract details. The property is located about 19 miles north of Willcox in Graham County, AZ. The City of Tucson and the Tucson International Airport is 93 miles west on Interstate 10 and a 90-minute drive from the property. Willcox is at 4,300 feet in elevation in a wide basin that is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The average summertime high is in the mid 90's. Summer evenings average a low in the 60's. This wide range of temperatures is ideal for growing fruit, because the cool nights cause sugar to settle in the fruit, making for sweet, tasty produce. Many growers raise cash crops such as wine grapes, apples, pistachios, hay, and vegetables. Willcox is known for many varieties of wine grapes. Water is produced by drilling into aquifers that are fed by the nearby mountains. Average annual rainfall is approximately 12 inches and there are on average 277 days of sunshine! Orchard details - Varieties, Age of Trees The property consists of 412+/- acres of apples. The majority of the apple trees were planted in the 1980's. New plantings in 2018 and 2019 cover approximately 25% of the acreage. Current production is about 2,000 to 4,000 tons annually. Currently 70% of the apples go to juice, with the balance being sold as table quality to a local Arizona produce broker and a portion are sold on site at the retail center. Tree Varieties: The apple varieties include Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Pink Lady, Lady in Red, Red Cameo, Sundowner, Ambrosia, and Sweetie. Pear varieties include Bartlett, Red D'Anjou and Bosc. Fully certified by Quality Assurance International (QAI) as an organic grower. All the orchards are irrigated by irrigation using water pumped from an underground aquifer. There are a total of seven irrigation wells on the property, including five existing older wells with electric turbine pumps. A sixth older well is out of service. A new well was drilled in 2022 to a depth of 2,100 feet. Static water level in this well is 400 feet with current production at 350 gallons per minute.There are three domestic wells. Orchard Infrastructure Improvements The Briggs & Eggers Orchard has a complete set of quality improvements with all the necessary storage and handling facilities to go to work immediately. Please go to the Auction website for all the tract details and specifics. Price will be determined by Auction and will vary by Tract. $300,000 is a suggested starting bid for some tracts. There is a 10% Buyers Premium that will be added to the final bid.