Week 7 of Apple Picking Season

The Cold Springs Bridge is closed this weekend, alternate route map is in this email.

Kiddie Bag, can hold up to 3 lbs,      $3

HoneyCrisp ONLY bag up to 5lbs,    $10 
Family Bag, can hold up to 10 lbs,    $11
Baker Bag, can hold up to 23 lbs,     $19
So buy a bag and fill it.  It's still cheaper than in the store.
Parking is always Free

Apple Upick Varieties, week 7

Empire,

Macoun,

HoneyCrisp,  special bag required

Cortland,       

Gala,

Mac,  last call

Empire

Empire is a clonally-propagated cultivar Lester C Anderson, a Cornell Researcher in 1945, grew from crossing McIntosh and Red Delicious. Scientists at the NYS Ag Experiment Station of Cornell University in Geneva, harvested thousands of different seeds. The Geneva teams grew and tested ever dwindling sub-populations of the sibling group until 1966, when the final selection, the Empire, was released to the public at the New York Fruit Testing Association meetings in Geneva.  Empires are red, juicy, firm, crunchy and sweet.  Empires are excellent for eating and salads, and good for sauce, baking, pies and freezing.  The sport we grow is Royal Empire.

Macoun

The skin is a dark red with a purplish flush. Its very firm flesh is juicy and snow white.    Macoun is a cross between the McIntosh and Jersey Black.  The Macoun  (pronounced MaCoon or  McCowan) was developed at the NY Ag Experiment Station in Geneva, by R. Wellington. Named after Canadian fruit grower W.T. Macoun, it was first introduced in 1923, and has been regarded to be the finest eating apple in the world.   Aside from its short season of availability, the popularity of the apple is somewhat compromised by the problems it gives orchardists. The Macoun has a short stem, and there is a tendency for the apple to push itself off the branch as the fruit matures; also, the Macoun tends not to produce reliable crops each year, with a over abundant harvest (small size due to too many apples) followed by a sparser one.

HoneyCrisp 

A difficult to grow apple, upick requires a special bag, and special price, ask at the store or sheds for details

Festival Food

Are you hungry?  Our Fall Fest means Food!   People have been asking what food we have available, so here is a menu.  Try some of our signature food items and flood the senses.  Food is in the same building as the Cider Mill.  There is inside seating in the Cider Mill too.

Cider Doughnut Sundae

Cathy, our head doughnut maker, had the idea of dropping a cider doughnut in a dish and adding a swirl of soft ice cream topped with whipped cream and a bit on cinnamon.   She had one of the employees deliver one to me with a spoon.....  I was supposed to take one spoonful and let the rest of the crew sample it.  NOT!  

So try one, it's goooood.

Hamburger made with our very own beef, +$.25 for cheese   $3.50

Hot Dog   Hoffman's of course                                                      $2.25

Maple BBQ Beef  our own, slow cooked beef, with Merle's Maple BBQ sauce.

Beef is what I like for my dinner, and lunch, and...                     $3.75

Curly Fries   our own potatoes of course                                    $2.75

Salt Potatoes  my favorite                                                             $2.00

SweetCorn   we will have our own sweet corn 'till frost.             $1.00

Apple Fritters                                                                                  $3.00

Apple Cider Doughnuts  look in the window by the cider mill and watch them being made.                                                                             $  .85

Drinks include 

Cider Sipper  a reuseable apple shaped sipper                       $1.50

Cider 16oz cup,                                                                              $2.00

Hot Spiced Cider                                                                            $1.50

Coffee                                                                                              $1.50

Pepsi Soda Products                                                                    $1.83

Bottled water                                                                                   $1.25

Most of these items you can get in the store and take home for yourself. Well, after writing that out, I'm sure hungry now!

 Cider and Flavored Cider

  

All of our ciders are UV treated, not pasteurized. 

The Cinnamon and Maple do not taste very cinnamon or mapley, but they do alter the flavor in a very very good way.  Come this weekend and try some and tell us what you think.   The Maple is my favorite.

Cinnamon

Strawberry  

HoneyCrisp  as close as you can get to HoneyCrisp in a bottle

Maple  the smooooooooooooooooothest cider I have ever tasted