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Second section - October 19,. 1994,
In praise, of thapple
More than 500 million pounds of apples are harvested each year in Ontario
More than 14,000 bushels of apples will be harvested this year at Apple -Dale
can. Surrounded by already picked apples are farm manager Paul Jeffery on
John Godbolt.
Orchards in Lu -
left and owner
Photos and story
by Catherine O'Brien
T -A staff
LUCAN - The apple could very
well be one of the most popular
natural foods around. It's one of
few fruits that can boast being able
to keep the doctor away; and it
was chosen over all others by a
major corpputer company looking
for a name.
It's no wonder that 500 million
pounds are harvested every year in
Ontario. For growers it's an es-
timated $42 million a year business,
according to Foodland Ontario.
For the province, the apple is
particularly special, since one third
of Canada's entire apple crop is
grown here. In fact some 32, 000
acres of land in Ontario is oc-
cupied by apple orchards.
That may be why so many peo-
ple venture out at this time of the
year to 'Pick Your Own' orchards -
they too want a piece of the action.
The past few weeks have been a
busy time for apple orchards as
schools and families plan outings
to the orchards to experience the
apple in its natural setting.
Just down the road at Apple -
Dale Orchards, owners John Goo -
bolt and Kathryn Munn report a
busy season as workers and vis-
itors take part in the harvest.
At their 28 acre orchard there are
11,000 trees to pick from with sev-
eral varieties of apples available.
If you have a favorite kind of ap-
p1Q.; be it McIntosh, Red or golden
Delicious, Idared, Northern Spy,
Spartan or Empire - the picking
times may vary.
"The peak picking time for the
majority of apples is around
Thanksgiving," Godbolt said.
In an average year, Godbolt said
his orchard can produce about
14,000 bushels of apples. These
are sent to local supermarkets,
used for apple cider or they are
sent away to be processed into ap-
ple juice.
And if apples aren't you're fa-
vorite fruit, Godbolt still rec-
ommends coming out to the or-
chard.
"It's a great excuse for being out-
doors," he said.
� 7
Kelsey Long of
the Tinker Tots
Nursery School
in Hensall
checks out the
produce at
Apple -Dale
Orchards while
below, workers
Rose Cunning-
ham
unningham (left) and
Sharon Hum-
phrey busy
themselves in
the orchard.
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