Sweet Season
Plattsburgh’s Banker’s Orchard owner Bruce Sullivan takes a minute to rest amidst his mass of freshly picked McIntosh apples.
(Enterprise photo — Emily Hunkler)
It’s the peak of apple-picking season this weekend and with the North Country dubbed apple country this time of year, it would be a shame to spend the weekend doing anything but. Most well known for the McIntosh variety, the Champlain Valley is swelling with apples from the orchards surrounding us. Although it was a rainy summer, the cooler temperatures and warm, sunny spring combined for a productive growing season for most of the orchards in the area. According to Bruce Sullivan, owner of Banker’s Orchard in Plattsburgh, the cooler summer temperatures allow more time for the apples to ripen on the branch, enhancing their flavor. For many families and classrooms, it is a tradition to visit orchards in the fall, enjoying the hayrides, warm cider and donuts, and picking pumpkins to either paint or carve. However, if one travels just beyond the pick-your-own rows of trees, the true work of an apple orchard is visible by the wooden boxes being filled and piled on flat-bed trucks
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