Saturday October 6, 2018

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Pick Your Own!

U-pick is open for a strong crop of apples, Monday through Saturday.
See Ag Manager Shellie Milne’s Crop Report Below
CIDER PRESSING on the upper green, near the strawberries.
(Remember: when u-picking ALWAYS check in at one of the stores or the orchard retail locations first)

Living History

Adventures in the Old World 10-4

Great Food and Drink!

The Hawk’s Head Bakery & Tavern Will Be Open from 8 AM to 7 PM
Live Bands:
“Hot Rod Trio” — the Old Packing Shed
“Stone Pantry” — The Hawk’s Head Tavern

Sleepy Hollow!

Washington Irving’s timeless tale of romance and country humor!
6-9 PM

Retail

The Cider Barn Store (gifts, preserves, historic souvenirs) will be open 10 AM to 4 PM

 

Crop Report

 

Apples

Braeburn, Snow, Spitzenberg, Grimes Golden, Golden Russet (Location: South Terrace Orchard),
Galas (Location:  Upper Monster), Standard Delicious (Colonial)

Pay Special Attention to picking instructions and pick only from marked trees.
(Some very red apples are not yet ripe)

Variety Notes:

Standard Delicious:  A good, sweet eating apple in the Colonial Area.  There are not many of these trees in this area.
There are also a few Standard Delicious in the Upper Monster Orchard.

Galas: our remaining apples of this variety are a little small and not great in color or flavor.  Buyer beware.

Snow: this a lovely, complex apple that is great for salads, cheeses ect.  Its s an eating apple.
It starts of sweet, then comes in with a mild balance of tart.  Deep red in color with a starkly white flesh  – and it is very crispy to boot.

Spitzenberg:  Here is our Heritage Apple of the the week – The Spitzenburg is the famed variety as being one of Thomas Jefferson’s
favorite apples, and several of the trees are planted at his Monticello Home.  Another complex apple like the Snow,
but it does have a bit more tartness to it.

Grimes Golden & Baldwin:  Some prefer these for baking and cidering.  Some can be a bit sour to the taste,
but tastes vary on this.  You may want to sample one before picking & buying.

Golden Russet:  Another heirloom apple.  The skin can be tough or “russeted” and in the old days this
feature was favored for long storage.  Tastes vary again on this one.  Some prefer them for baking.

Please note:  There is a spoiler apple in the orchard – it is the Enterprise apple and it is BEAUTIFUL deep red
with a bit of purple and it looks like it is ready to go – but it is definitely not.
We will try and rope these off as best we can to make sure to let the customer know they definitely do NOT want this variety – it is about a month out.

PEARS

A little light and high on the tree now.  Ask for a picking pole.  Do not climb the trees!

PRODUCE STORE TENT ON THE GREEN

Apples are available in the produce tent as follows: (Sweet Varieties)  Jonathan, Red Delicious, Gala, Snow  (Cooking) Glen Seedling, Ozark Gold,

BERRIES

Cooler temperatures are slowing berry production significantly.

Raspberries:  VERY light.  If we have customers in to pick in the morning, then pint baskets only and PLEASE check availability as the morning progresses in case we run out (which is a probability given having such a light crop)

 

Strawberries

Same as the Raspberries. VERY light.

Blackberries:

CLOSED.  We have a good size up and coming crop – but they are definitely not ready.

PUMPKINS

Beautiful, gorgeous and such a variety!  White, Cinderella’s and Jack O Lanterns are all ready

FLOWERS

Sunflowers are winding down but Zinnias are very strong.

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