Growers and packers of the finest Scottish Cherries
What Do We Do?
We are a family run cherry orchard, situated on the outskirts of Blairgowrie, rural Perthshire. We grow top quaility Cherries, which we supply to the leading UK supermarkets and premium export markets.
Our team is commited to providing top quaility cherries, and are passionate in upholding the fantastic reputation of our farm.
Grown with Passion!
Our aim is to produce the finest quailty cherries, whilst also working hard to ensure that we respect our local community, care for our surrounding environment, and maintain the highest standards for our employees.
With four generations of growing expertise, and the most advanced growing and packing technology, we are in a great position to grow and provide top quality cherries.
We produce around 250 tonnes of fruit from our 25ha orchards . Our 8 strong growing team work year round caring and tending trees. In late summer, we are home to 140 motivated and hard-working members of staff, all of whom thrive during the fast paced and exciting harvest period.
McIntyre Fruit shares a state of the art packing facility in Blairgowrie, alongside 2 other growers.
Our farm is fully accredited by Red Tractor Assured Food Standard , LEAF, SMETA and M&S Field to Fork.
Our History
In the early 1900's William McIntyre arrived in Essendy near Blairgowrie to join the new booming industry of raspberry growing for jam production.
The industry flourished and over the following eight decades spread across much of the East of Scotland. Berry fields became a common sight on many arable farms and holdings with people from all over industrial Scotland flocking to work harvesting the crop in their summer holidays.
Jam factories, canning factories and freezing plants sprang up in and around towns in Perthshire, Angus and Dundee.
As demand for preserved fruit decreased, increased availability of cheaper frozen products from abroad, plant disease and labour shortages took their toll. The industry went into steep decline during the late 80's.
Although efforts were made to reinvigorate the industry during the 90's with government grants, new varieties and the introduction of mechanical harvesting it was the growing demand for UK fresh fruit that brought the industry back from the brink!
The farm transitioned again during the last ten years, reducing raspberries and strawberries and extending our cherry orchards. In 2024 we became dedicated cherry growers and started a new and exciting chapter in our history.
