Community Apple Orchard Ready For Picking
September 3, 2020 at 12:58 a.m.
Community Apple Orchard Ready For Picking
By Amanda [email protected]
The orchard, at the corner of Pierceton and Packerton roads in Winona Lake, started with the Orchard Restoration Project in 2010.
The orchard has 14 different varieties of trees: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Transparent, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Gala, Honey Crisp, Macintosh and Jonagold.
It will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Anything leftover after those two picking days will be offered for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12, Michael Skipper said.
Skipper is part of the orchard’s board of trustees because the orchard is a 501c3 nonprofit. Last year, the group invested in a $700 cider press. Skinner said that they don’t plan to use the press this year, but he won’t rule it out. Fewer volunteers and dry conditions mean cider-making becomes more difficult.
In the future, anyone who would like to volunteer an hour of their time will get a free crate of apples, valued at $10.
Also, Skipper said, anyone who comes out for the two days of picking this year and wants to pick a crate to be donated to a food pantry, it will be free of charge. The orchard organizers will deliver the donation.
All apples are organic and the cost is 25 cents a pound.
For more information about the orchard, or how to get involved, visit www.communityappleorchard.net.
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The orchard, at the corner of Pierceton and Packerton roads in Winona Lake, started with the Orchard Restoration Project in 2010.
The orchard has 14 different varieties of trees: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Transparent, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Gala, Honey Crisp, Macintosh and Jonagold.
It will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Anything leftover after those two picking days will be offered for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12, Michael Skipper said.
Skipper is part of the orchard’s board of trustees because the orchard is a 501c3 nonprofit. Last year, the group invested in a $700 cider press. Skinner said that they don’t plan to use the press this year, but he won’t rule it out. Fewer volunteers and dry conditions mean cider-making becomes more difficult.
In the future, anyone who would like to volunteer an hour of their time will get a free crate of apples, valued at $10.
Also, Skipper said, anyone who comes out for the two days of picking this year and wants to pick a crate to be donated to a food pantry, it will be free of charge. The orchard organizers will deliver the donation.
All apples are organic and the cost is 25 cents a pound.
For more information about the orchard, or how to get involved, visit www.communityappleorchard.net.
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