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Category: Apple growers

Apple in pool of blood
October 7, 2019 Apple growers / Heirloom fruits & vegetables

The elusive ‘Peggy Apple’ had a dark beginning

Think of him as a Johnny Appleseed of our day. Tom Brown of Clemmons, NC became interested in finding & saving heirloom apples in 1999.

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3 varieties of apple against hancock md orchard background
October 23, 2018 Apple growers / Maryland

There is no reason why Tonoloway Ridge should not be known as an Apple Section

Hancock, MD and its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation.

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Aerial View of Pikeville, Ky.
October 10, 2018 Apple growers / Farmers/farming / Kentucky

They would work up the apples the next day

When apples were ripe, they would peel a couple of bushels at night by kerosene lamplight, then they would work them up the next day.

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Johnny Appleseed painting
September 13, 2018 Appalachian celebrities / Apple growers / Folklore

The real Johnny Appleseed

Not a great deal is factually known about John Chapman—by now the tall tale spinners have probably entirely obscured the full reality of the man himself.

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    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
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    July 5, 2019
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    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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