119 Acres in Vosburg, PA - $1,989,000

THE "VOSBURG NECK" WAS THE PREMIERE FRUIT GROWING REGION OF WYOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE EARLY 1900's WITH FRUIT SHIPPED OUT ANNUALLY VIA RAIL. THE RAIL LINE IS GONE BUT THE LAND IS THE SAME WITH ITS IDEAL MICROCLIMATE (PROTECTION FROM LATE FROSTS) FOR GROWING GRAPES, APPLES, AND OTHER FRUIT. IT IS WAITING TO BE PLACED BACK INTO PRODUCTION BY SOMEONE WHO LOVES THE LAND AND WHAT IT CAN PRODUCE. WATER WITHDRAWAL FROM SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AVAILABLE WITH PERMITS OR USE EXISTING GROUNDWATER.

119.37 +/- ACRES WITH 1,040 +/- FEET OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVERFRONT, AND 4,500' OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVERVIEW FROM BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST. THE PROPERTY ALSO CONTAINS A NATURAL SPRING THAT IS BACKUP WATER SUPPLY FOR HOME. ADDITIONAL WATER WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FOR MAJOR WINE & FRUIT GROWING OPERATIONS CAN POTENTIALLY BE OBTAINED VIA PERMIT. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A TWO-STORY 5 BEDROOM HOME ON 2.62 ACRES THAT IS FENCED AND GATED, WITH A HOME ORCHARD, A 20,000 +/- CUBIC FOOT LAID STONE AND CONCRETE UNDERGROUND FRUIT/WINE CELLAR (THAT COULD COST IN EXCESS OF $600,000 TO CONSTRUCT TODAY), A GARAGE, A FENCED & GATED HEIRLOOM FRUIT/NUT ORCHARD, AND MULTIPLE SUBDIVIDED PARCELS FOR RIVERFRONT AND RIVERVIEW DWELLINGS. THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY SUBDIVIDED WITH MULTIPLE LOTS THAT INCLUDE ON-SITE SEWAGE APPROVALS AND HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS ("HOP"s). LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY, IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP NEAR THE TOWN OF VOSBURG ON VOSBURG ROAD ON THE FAMED "VOSBURG NECK". APPROXIMATELY 3.5 HOURS FROM PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY.

Solar Rights: The Property has not been leased for solar but there have been requests to sell part of the property for a solar farm. All rights to solar come with sale.

Wind Power Rights: The property has not been leased for wind power and all wind power rights come with the property.

Timber: The Property produces timber revenue and the Property comes with all timber rights.

Water Rights: The Property comes with all water rights.

Gas & Oil: The property has not been leased for natural gas and oil and the natural gas, oil, and associated hydrocarbon rights are available for sale separately.

THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVIDED LOTS:

-42.85 +/- Acres with approximately 4,500' of Susquehanna Riverview

-2.9 Acres Susquehanna Riverfront with on-site sewage permit and approximately 185 feet of Susquehanna Riverfront plus road frontage and Highway Occupancy Permit ("HOP")

-4.45 Acres Susquehanna Riverfront with on-site sewage permit and approximately 275 feet of Susquehanna Riverfront plus road frontage and HOP

-4.4 Acres Susquehanna Riverfront with on-site sewage permit and approximately 273 feet of Susquehanna Riverfront plus road frontage and HOP

-21.87 Acres with approximately 307' of Susquehanna Riverfront with on-site sewage permit and approximately 750 feet of Road Frontage on Township Road 506. Also contains a fenced and gated heirloom fruit, nut, and specialty fruit orchard with a garage and 20,000 cu.ft. +/- underground laid stone and concrete reinforced fruit cellar, approximately 121' long x 16' wide x 16' high.

-40.28 Acres of prime Riverview land with multiple locations for Susquehanna Riverview building, on-site sewage permit, and HOP

-Home: On 2.62 Acres fenced, gated, renovated, and with a home orchard. Two story, five bedrooms and 1.5 baths. Has well and on-site sewage plus backup water supply via a natural spring.

The water supply for the home is fed by a well and a natural spring feeds water to the garage and is a back-up water supply for the home. The house septic system is on-site. The spring can be used for a home backup water supply and is fed into the home, fruit cellar, and garage. Additional water wells can be drilled on the property.

20,000 +/- CUBIC FOOT UNDERGROUND LAID STONE AND CONCRETE WINE/FRUIT CELLAR (ATTACHED TO GARAGE) COST TO BUILD NEW COULD EXCEEED $600,000. This all cement laid stone and concrete structure, including concrete floor, with arched concrete ceiling has approximately 20,000 +/- cubic feet of storage space. (dimensions are 121' long x 16' wide) with 16' high arched ceiling, is wired for lighting, has a spring-fed water supply, and sits below grade. The cellar is ideal for making and storing wine, hard cider, grapes and fruit. The cellar is vented. All original lighting and wiring in fruit/wine cellar was replaced.

GARAGE

The approximate 1,390 +/- sq. ft. garage has an electric service that was replaced, has a water service, and can store a boat, vehicle and farm equipment. The garage has two side entrance doors and an overhead garage door. The garage is attached to the 20,000 +/- cubic foot underground concrete fruit and wine cellar.

EXISTING GATED/FENCED ORCHARD

This unique orchard contains mostly hard-to-find heirloom hand-grafted varieties of Apple, Pear, Plum, Mulberry, and grafted nut trees which may have included walnuts, butternuts, heartnuts, northern pecans, shellbark hickory, shagbark hickory, hicans and other nut species. These trees were all shipped from across the U.S. from several small specialty nurseries and all were custom grafted.

POSTED: Property is posted, trespassing forbidden. All potential buyers must be financially pre-qualified. All site visitors must sign liability waivers.

FISHING

The Susquehanna River is a good fishery for small mouth bass, Muskie, Catfish and Walleye.

BIRDWATCHING

The Vosburg Neck offers a wide variety of forest and waterway habitats and thus is a premier birdwatching destination. Birds of field, forest, waterways, and thicket abound with many resident and migratory warblers, ducks and geese, and Bald Eagles, which nest on the river. The Property is home to dozens of native and migratory songbirds including many warblers, flycatchers, thrushes, and woodpeckers and grouse, plus the occasional pheasant. The Susquehanna River is a north-south migratory flyway. Birdwatching opportunities are excellent.

HUNTING The Vosburg Neck has deer, turkey, bear, ducks, geese, grouse, doves, squirrels, rabbits and pheasant.

Wyoming County History, Geography, Geology and Vegetation (The following excerpts are taken from A Natural Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1995, by The Nature Conservancy.)

Wyoming County, an area of almost 400 square miles, is a rural county located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River flows through the middle of the county from northwest to southeast and most development is concentrated within its corridor. The southwestern plateau is forested and mostly within state game lands; much of the rest of the county is given over to a mix of agriculture, forest and small villages. In 1990, the population of the county was just over 28,000 (1990 census) and appears to be growing. Both Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are within commuting distances of much of the county. Wyoming County is also approximately 150 miles from New York City and Philadelphia, allowing easy access for vacationers and tourists. The Endless Mountains, the lakes and creeks, and the pastoral scenery attract many people to the county; these natural qualities are important to both the economic and social well-being of county residents. Second home developments exist around Lake Carey and Lake Winola while hunting and fishing camps are found primarily in the southwestern corner. The rugged hills and forests of the southwest do not lend themselves to development or agriculture but they attract hunters, hikers, and winter sports enthusiasts. The many trout streams that drain this region attract fishermen while the forests of this region provide timber for the wood products industry. The Susquehanna River is a major recreational and scenic resource. Agriculture, although declining in acres, is still an important economic component of the county.

Glaciers have modified the landscape throughout the county. Deposits of rock, sand, clay and silt left directly by the glacier are called unstratified deposits or glacial till. Some of these deposits are as much as 300 feet thick. As a result of the glaciers, many of the soils that developed on till are too stony or wet for cultivation. Many wetlands have formed in the depressions that were the result of glacial scouring and the deposition of ice blocks (kettleholes), as well as glacial deposits that blocked drainage channels and altered stream flow. Stratified sands and gravels deposited by glacial meltwaters are located along many of the major rivers and creeks. The area known as Jayne Bend on the Susquehanna River is a glacial river terrace. Sand and gravel mining operations occur on some of the larger stratified deposits.

On a broad scale of vegetation patterns, Wyoming County is located within two major forest types Appalachian Oak Forest and Northern Hardwood Forest (Kuchler 1964, Bailey 1980). A broad band of Appalachian Oak Forest, somewhat analogous to Brauns (1950) Oak-Chestnut Forest, follows the Susquehanna River valley. The river, at elevations between 660 feet where it enters the county in the northwest and 580 feet as it leaves the county in the southeast, is much lower than the surrounding hills and mountains. Oaks predominate where the land has not been cleared on the well drained soils of the sand and gravel terraces and on the steep, south-facing slopes above the river. Black, red, white and chestnut oaks may be dominants or codominants depending on soil moisture and fertility. Other tree species include red maple, black cherry, gray and black birches, white pine, pitch pine, juniper and aspens. Shrubs include species of blueberries, huckleberries and other dry forest species. (The above excerpts are taken from A Natural Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1995, by The Nature Conservancy.)

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Negotiation and Purchase and Sale Agreement. Any sale of the property described herein (the Property) is subject to a mutually agreeable purchase and sale agreement to be drafted by Seller which shall not be legally binding upon Seller unless and until all terms and conditions are accepted in writing by both Buyer and Seller and fully executed (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Parties) with original signatures by the Parties. Until such time Seller is under no obligation to continue any negotiations with a prospective Buyer and Buyer may do likewise. Unless otherwise stated in a fully executed purchase and sale agreement, either of the Parties may discontinue further negotiations for any reason or no reason. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing with original signatures by the Parties, Seller and Buyer shall each bear their respective costs, including but not limited to due diligence and attorneys fees, incurred during the negotiation process. Under no circumstances may Seller or Buyer be held liable as a consequence of its termination of negotiations prior to the execution and exchange of a mutually acceptable purchase and sale agreement unless stated otherwise in a fully executed purchase and sale agreement. Under no circumstances shall a Seller or Buyer be held liable as a consequence of its termination of a fully executed purchase and sale agreement unless stated otherwise in the fully executed purchase and sale agreement.

Transfer Tax. Buyer shall be responsible to pay all Pennsylvania real estate transfer taxes due at the time of closing.

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If the Seller elects to proceed to binding arbitration, Seller and [potential] Buyer shall appoint an individual as arbitrator within thirty (30) business days of the impasse and the two so appointed shall then appoint a third arbitrator. If either such party refuses or neglects to appoint an arbitrator within thirty (30) business days, the other party may appoint the second arbitrator. If the two arbitrators do not agree on the third arbitrator within thirty (30) business days of their appointment, each of the arbitrators shall nominate three individuals. Each arbitrator shall then decline two of the nominations presented by the other arbitrator. The third arbitrator shall then be chosen from the remaining two nominations by drawing lots. The law of Pennsylvania shall govern the arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all proceedings conducted by the arbitrators shall be held in Wyoming or Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion. Dependent upon the Arbitrators schedules, the Parties shall use their best efforts to conclude the arbitration within three (3) months of the date the arbitration panel is fully appointed.

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Seller has sole discretion:

to determine whether or not a Buyer can potentially complete the transaction.

to refuse to negotiate with any Buyer with whom Seller does not believe has the financial ability to complete the purchase.

whether or not to negotiate with any Buyer who will require bank or other financing.

to refuse to negotiate with Buyers who have a litigious history and/or negative involvement with regulatory authorities.

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