Learn with Dorsey

Dorsey Kordick

Dorsey Kordick is one-half of the dynamic duo behind Kordick Family Farm in Westfield, North Carolina, where two persistent souls stay busy proving you can grow heirloom apples organically on a commercial scale, even in the Southeastern United States. Early in her orcharding career, Dorsey spent time in England, learning how to make traditional ciders, intending to found a cidery but has since found she enjoys growing fruit more than the business of fermenting it. She has personally grafted all but a handful of the apple and pear trees grown at Kordick Family Farm. Dorsey is such a stickler for good grafting technique, it is sometimes impossible to discern the graft union were she has fitted together varietal scionwood to rootstock. Besides grafting, Dorsey’s favorite orcharding tasks include any that require a good climb in a large apple tree.