I played hookey for a little bit last week and went apple and pumpkin picking at a Giles Farm, a local orchard located in Alfred, Maine. It was a gorgeous day, still quite warm with a fresh breeze blowing gently. The orchard is located on a hillside and the scenery was just breathtaking with all of the beautiful fall colors just starting to show up in the valley below and hills beyond.
The lady at the apple stand was wonderful; she fixed us right up with an "apple grabber" and pointed us in the right direction for the favored apple, The Cortland. I could wax poetic about the Cortland apple; tart, crispy....just a lovely green and red, white starred ball of heaven!
Some orchards lost their entire crop when we had a May frost this year, but luckily, the Giles Farm Orchard was basically untouched, though I did see a few apples with the telltale "ring" on them.
It took less than 15 minutes to pick 16 pounds of apples! Next stop: The pumpkin patch. We looked at just three pumpkins before finding the winner! Hey, it's been a great growing season!
Sixteen pounds of apples for pies, cake, applesauce....Can you say, HEAVEN?!
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