Bowman Orchards celebrating 100 years in the cherry business
Denise Bowman Wermer, her daughter Ayla and her mother, Marilyn Bowman, pose near their cherry trees. Bowman Orchards celebrates its 100th year in 2020.
Denise Bowman Wermer, her daughter Ayla and her mother Marilyn Bowman stroll through the cherry trees as Bowman Orchards celebrates its 100th year in 2020. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Ripe cherries sit on the tree waiting to be picked at Bowman Orchards south of Bigfork.
Pie cherries are one of several varieties grown at Bowman Orchards. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Pie cherries are one of several varieties grown at Bowman Orchards. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Marilyn Bowman works sorting cherries at the family’s roadside stand. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Marilyn Bowman sorts cherries at her family’s roadside stand. (Jeremy Weber photos/Daily Inter Lake)
Friends of the Bowman family pose near row-packed specialty boxes of cherries in this undated photo. (Photo provided)
A photo of the early days of Bowman Orchards. (photo provided)
A young Jerry Bowman carries a litter of kittens around the orchard in one of the family’s cherry crates. (photo provided)
Adam and Eby Bowman spraying the orchard with a horse-drawn sprayer in the 1930s. (photo provided)
For five generations, the Bowman name has been synonymous with cherries on Flathead Lake’s east shore.
Over the decades, the family business has grown from a single acre of trees to the two-state operation it is today...
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