Look at all of those sweet, tasty apples.
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How ya like them apples?
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James Hoadley, 3, adds an apple to his mom Jolyn’s bag during a picking session at Carter Hill Orchard.
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All you need to do is grab a bag and start filling it with apples.
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Julia Stonis found the perfect apple while picking at Carter Hill Orchard.
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Kynah Genson reaches high for an apple at Apple Hill Farm.
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Soon, all of those crates at Apple Hill will be filled – with apples, of course.
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Carter Hill Orchard makes its own apple cider doughnuts daily, and we heard that people have been known to wait for over a half-hour on the weekend for the tasty treats.
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The Apple Hill Farm pie makers, Mary Terry (left) and Tia Lankhorst, put together some of the farm’s famous apple and apple crumb pies.
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Mmmm, pie.
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Now that's a lot of apples.
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Apple Hill Farm owner Diane Souther sorts through a bin of apples, getting ready for a farmers market.
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Since this is the Apples Issue, we figured it was only right that we stop by both of Concord’s apple orchards last week to see what was going on in the pick-your-own world these days. And what we found is that right now, as you read this very page, apple orchards are getting pretty busy as they roll into the peak of apple season. There were families and school groups picking apples, baked goods tempting our sweet tooth and lots of apples.
