TODAY IN THE ORCHARD

CGF Apple/Pear Nerds: John, Todd Little-Siebold, Dave Fulton, Sean Turley and Lauren Cormier.

The last day of the Common Ground Country Fair and another huge crowd. The apple display of 250 apples and 38 pears continued to attract curious and excited fair-goers. Our team of identifiers was engaged in a steady eight-hour conversation about apples, old apple trees, apple history, apple challenges, and bits of apple everything with the occasional interesting pear tossed in. It was an excellent Fair. The one thing that was missing—all would agree—was that there were NO apples for sale! We’ll have to remember that for 2025.