By the 1950’s Louise’s grandson had developed a passion for all things citrus and began mastering these California staples.  The Home Ranch groves have provided naturally great soil and climate conditions for about thirty varieties of oranges, tangerines, mandarins, lemons, grapefruit and kumquats since the very beginning.

The new acreage prompted the addition of stone fruits to planting and harvest schedule. The combination of existing trees and these succulent new varieties of peaches, apricots, plums & pluots, gave Arnett Farms a more varied and year-round harvest.  As great-grandson Scott took charge in the mid 90s, Arnett Farms now had a full spectrum of tree fruit and a new craftsman grafting, pruning and fine-tuning harvest cycles.

This half century process — of refining a year round harvest of the best suited tree fruits — created the basic foundation of crops and farming methods that are still in place today.  From this handing down of land and skill, father to son, the Arnett Farms’ core philosophy also came to be:  Treat the land with respect, use simple natural methods of production — while providing delicious and healthy family grown fruit to farmers’ market patrons.

Scott Arnett lives at the original Home Ranch and oversees general operations. He is a real country boy who likes to spend most of his time at the farm… unless he can get away for a quick fishing trip.

Both the citrus and the summer stone fruit is picked from six different nearby growing areas (adding up to about 240 acres) of Arnett Farms. This sounds like a lot of ground, even to us, but it is truly a small farm by modern standards.  Now there are even some Fuji and Pink Lady apple trees plus some really great persimmons and jujubes in the orchards.