CURRIER ORCHARDS
(Posted 2010-02-14 17:57:17 by ArchPaladin)

I had been meaning to post this for close to six months now, but our camera
had been lost with all the photos on it, so it didn't make much sense to.

In the fall we have a usual tradition of going apple picking.  This past
year we decided to go to an orchard that we had seen signs for while
driving around Merrimack.  We had no idea what to expect.

It turned out to be a little family-run orchard place with two small fields
of apple trees hidden in the woods, with multiple species of apple trees
laid out in the usual rows.  There was a lot of people there (being apple
picking season), and you could see a lot of kids running around with little
red metal wagons that the owners had if you wanted to buy lots of apples
and didn't want to carry your bags to and fro.  The fields themselves were
nice and secluded, and going from where we parked out to the fields made
for a pleasant autumn stroll.

We went there for Cortlands, although it was really late in the season for
Cortlands, meaning (a) most Cortland trees were already picked, and (b) the
remaining apples were starting to rot.  We did manage to get a good bag of
apples, although it took a lot of searching through their rows of trees and
some careful maneuvering to pick the remaining good apples that were high
up on the trees, which everyone else had passed up.  More than once we had
to either stack some crates up to get high enough, or one of us would sit
on the other's shoulders to be able to reach around very horizontal
branches.

There was a main shed area where the registers was - it was the central hub
for the owners and people looking to buy their apples.  The shed had a lot
of stuff in it - various fall fruits and vegetables, many different species
of apples, home-jellied fruits and apple cider.  They also had printed
copies of old recipe books which were really cool to look through, although
I have no idea where they got them.

It turned out to be a really good outing.  We actually had no idea what the
name of the place was, and only caught a picture of their sign on the way
out.  Definitely a contender for next year's apple picking location.

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