Raffle Winners
The winners of our 2008 drawing are as follows:
- Melanie of Belfast - Turkey, 1 bushel apples & 1 gallon cider
- Holly of Veazie - 1 bushel apples & 1 gallon cider
- Terry of Old Town - ½ bushel apples & ½ gallon cider
Thanks again to everyone who entered our raffle. Please make sure to enter again next year.
More Photos from Herb Crosby
Mr. Crosby visited us again recently and took more photos of and around our orchard. Below you can see him with a bin of Idareds and the second features a row of Idareds. Some of the other pictures we've added to our photos page.
Customer Spotlight
While at Maine-ly Apples we are careful not to refer to our long-time patrons as "old" customers, we can safely say that some are more experienced than others. On Saturday, October 11th we were visited by the Hollrock family. Richard Hollrock (age 87) and his wife Anne (85) traveled the length of the orchard picking their own apples and enjoying a beautiful fall day. Pictured above are three generations of Hollrocks: Richard and Anne, their daughter Joyce and their two grandchildren.
Maine Apple Sunday
Despite the rain, we feel that Maine Apple Sunday was a huge success. Thank you to all of our loyal customers who braved the elements and came to enjoy free pens, apple donut holes and cider, as well as samplings of Zestar, Prima, Honeycrisp, and various pears. Also, for those who didn't get a chance to enter our 3rd annual Turkey drawing, to be drawn on November 1, we will continue to take entries throughout the rest of the season.
A huge thank you to Mike and Judy Dann who brought their family's turn on the century, heirloom cider press for a demonstration (above). The strongest of volunteers took turns cranking the press, and then sampling the fresh squeezed cider.
Updated Web Site
We have made some changes to our web site this season. We are hoping that these changes make the site easier to use and provide you with even more information. If you have suggestions for ways to improve the site or would like to see something added, please contact us at info@mainelyapples.com. We would love to hear from you!
Emily and Elaine in front of the stand
Spring Plantings
This spring we planted a number of new trees. Because we are always on the lookout for new and exciting types of apples (as well as traditional varieties that we don't have yet), most of these plantings represent varieties that are new for us. Here is a brief description of many of them:
- Sansa: A Gala x Akane cross developed in Japan. Excellent dessert apple with good keeping quality. Ripens one week before Gala.
- Wolf River: A traditional apple and a perennial favorite for pies. Very large in size.
- Smokehouse: An old time apple welcomed in every home and a favorite for pies and sauces. Planted by the Amish of Pennsylvania for storage late into winter.
We also planted some top rated English cider apples that we will be using to make specialty ciders:
- Foxwelp: Sharp tasting and one of the most famous English cider apples.
- Kingston Black: A bitter-sharp apple. One of the best English single varietal ciders.
- Harrys Masters' Jersey: A bitter-sweet apple that makes very good quality cider.