Apple picking

Slickcraft · 09-23-2012, 08:27 PM

We are saddened that the late frost killed off much of the local crop. It's a lot of work to manage a good orchard and this must be a hard year for local growers.

We normally pick a half bushel of cortlands about now and another in about 2 weeks. My wife did make a pie today with fresh cortlands that she got at the Alton Hannaford store, the display said grown in Barnstead. Not as satisfying as picking our own but I'll say that this pie with a scoop of Giffords vanilla ice cream is pretty darn good.

hilltopper · 09-24-2012, 09:04 AM

We ended up going to Smith's orchard in Belmont instead of Stonybrook, who were picked out. We got a half bushel, but you really had to work for it. Apple pickers were a must. I would guess that this weekend was it for Smith's.

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09-23-2012, 08:27 PM	#1
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,340 Thanks: 1,247 Thanked 2,120 Times in 970 Posts	We are saddened that the late frost killed off much of the local crop. It's a lot of work to manage a good orchard and this must be a hard year for local growers. We normally pick a half bushel of cortlands about now and another in about 2 weeks. My wife did make a pie today with fresh cortlands that she got at the Alton Hannaford store, the display said grown in Barnstead. Not as satisfying as picking our own but I'll say that this pie with a scoop of Giffords vanilla ice cream is pretty darn good.

09-24-2012, 09:04 AM	#2
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 727 Thanks: 25 Thanked 109 Times in 70 Posts	We ended up going to Smith's orchard in Belmont instead of Stonybrook, who were picked out. We got a half bushel, but you really had to work for it. Apple pickers were a must. I would guess that this weekend was it for Smith's.