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Join Festive Maine Celebrations, By Melody Schubert | ||||||
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Mid-September: Farmington Fair, Farmington, Maine
The earliest growers used apples for making cider, vinegar for food preservation, and as food for animals. Apple Day will have workshops on cider and vinegar making along with winemaking and fruit tree pruning. If you've never used anything but Macintosh apples for pie, think a keeper is only a term used in fishing, or believe that a Black Oxford is only a type of dress shoe, it's time to brush up on your Maine apple history. Great Maine Apple Day shares the history, taste of the Prince of Pomes
"The only thing a Macintosh does is make apple sauce in a pie," says Apple Day co-organizer and state apple expert, John Bunker. "There are many apple varieties that are just good for pies and people can learn about them at Apple Day."
Learn the
names of the apples that grow year after year on trees in their yard by
bringing in samples and find almost 200 labeled varieties of apples on display.
Who knows, you may be the owner of a rare Black Oxford, a medium-sized round
apple with deep purple skin that was grown in Oxford County as early as 1790.
The
earliest growers used apples for making cider, vinegar for food preservation,
and as food for animals. Apple Day will have workshops on cider and vinegar
making along with winemaking and fruit tree pruning. Visitors will also be able
to visit the Maine Heritage Orchard at the event site which has 20 of the
state's native apple trees.
"I believe they represent the heritage and history
of our agricultural past
and show the value of local agriculture," says Bunker. "They also teach us
a lot about the history of Maine towns and the people who cultivated them."
Admission to Great Maine Apple Day is $4.00 for adults and free for
children 12 and under.
Early-Mid October: Living History Days At Maine Forest & Logging Museum,
Leonard's Mills, Bradley Fall is a perfect time to
view the foliage of the beautiful forest and experience a 1790s logging and
saw-milling village. Enjoy bateau rides, wagon rides, making cedar shakes, fresh
pressed apple cider, a water powered sawmill, and more. Fees: $7 adults, $2
children ages 2-12, members free. Times: 10:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Early-October: Fall
Foliage Fat Tire Frolic
Mid October: The Annual Ogunquit Fest
Join the Annual Ogunquit Fest which includes a weekend full of fun in
Ogunquit, Maine. This Annual Fall Festival includes a scarecrow contest,
pumpkin decorating, scavenger hunt, ghost stories, marketplace and much more.
Some Fees may apply to certain events held throughout the weekend.
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With eight different
Maine agricultural fairs taking place in September, it's the busiest month for
the popular events. For some of the best variety of traditional agricultural
exhibits and competitions, displays of rural arts and crafts and live
entertainment, don't miss the Farmington Fair, happening in Mid-September. The
fairgrounds two-floor exhibit hall displays the spectacular entries of the
judged agricultural, grange and arts and crafts exhibits. There are livestock
pulling competitions and harness races throughout the week. The Franklin County
Agricultural Society Museum shares the history of local farming and displays a
large selection of antique farm equipment. A large midway with games, rides and
food concessions keeps the young and the hungry happy. The fairgrounds are open
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for ages 8 to 11
and free for children under eight. For more information, call 207-778- 6083.
The annual
Great Maine Apple Day held in
Mid-Oct is just the place to do that while
socializing with other people who enjoy growing, eating and cooking with Maine
apples. The event takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the grounds of
the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardener's Association in the town of Unity. Yes,
there will be a pie baking contest, but if you want your dessert to literally
stand up for the judges, you'll need to get out of the Macintosh rut.
Maine's apple history began in the 1600s when
European settlers began
planting orchards. According to Bunker, they arrived with bushel baskets
filled with as many as 30,000 apple seeds instead of cumbersome individual
trees. Since every apple seed grows a completely genetically different
fruit than its parent, the Europeans soon gave Maine tens of millions of
new apple varieties.
Ride over streams, along
dirt roads and single tracks, along the base of Bigelow Mountain and through
strands of trees spectacular with color. Food and water stops at halfway point.
Fees: $25. Times: Begins at 10:00 a.m. Location: Antigravity Center, Route #27,
Carrabassett Valley. 