B2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 8,1982
Enjoying the Apple
Blossom Festival
As Mother s Day approaches, we
are reminded ot that special bond
shared between mother and child In
honor of his favorite person, Groucho
Marx jokingly once said, My mother
loved children she would have given
anything if I had been one " Well now
is your chance to become a child
again and see the Apple Blossom
Festival as only a child can Come
along with Paul and Cindy and ex
penence a festival dedicated to
nature's fruitful beauty
GINGER SECRIST M VERS
Staff Correspondent
ARENDTSVILLE - “Are we
there yet, Dad?” “Just about kids.
The South Moutain Fairgrounds
are j ust west of Arendtsville.' ’
“1 still don’t understand where
we’re going,” said Paul.
“Well kids,” replied mother,
"We’re taking the whole family to
the 32nd Annual Apple Blossom
Festival. The event is always held
For the light at heart, contests are an annual event. Here
children bob for apples and after this, they’ll probably take
part in the pie eating contest.
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The Upper Adams Jaycees cook apple butter the Oakside Community Park. Making apple
for sale at the Festival The money raised from butter from scratch takes about 18 to 22 hours
the butter is used for their community project - and brings $1 a jar.
the first weekend m May and
coincides with the blooming of over
20,000 acres of fruit trees in Adams
County. It’s educational and has a
variety of agriculturally related
displays and demonstrations.”
“Well, I’m not so sure I’ll like it
if it’s educational,” piped in young
Cindy, “But anything is better than
staying indoors on a beautiful day
like today.”
“Here we are kids,” announced
Dad, “The parking and admission
are free, so we can go right in. Why
don’t you two kids take some tune
to look around and your mother
and I will meet you a little later at
that information booth that’s
decorated with apple signs.”
Just as Paul and Cindy entered
the festival, a hehcopter took off.
Both intently watching the
chopper, they walked right into an
older gentlemen.
“Oops,” said Paul, “Sorry, 1
The reason for all the fun, music, food and The event coinci the ig of over
frolic at the 32nd annual Apple Blossom 20,000 acres of fruit trees in Adams County.
Festival? The beautiful blossoms shown above.
guess we weren’t watching where Blossom Festival. The festival is
we were going.” sponsored as a joint venture
“Yes, you kids seemed pretty between the Adams County
intent on watching that chopper,” Fruitgrowers, the Adams County
the gentlemen replied. ‘Ts tins Agricultural Council, and the
your first visit to our beautiful Gettysburg Travel Council. It is a
festival?” promotional event to educate the
"Yes,” both children replied in public about the fruit growing
chorus, "It sure does look like a lot industry and ail of Adams County
to see." agriculture participates. The
“Well let me introduce myself.
My name is Mr. Mac N. Tosh and
I’ve been in the fruit business for
years. If you like, I can give you
kids a tour of some of the
highlights of the festival. What did
you say your names were? ’ ’
"We didn’t,” replied Paul, "I’m
Paul Newcomer and this is my
sister Cindy. We’d really like a
tour ”
"The first thing you kids should
know is why there’s an Apple
Jtertainment was supplied by the
Country Mels and Dees. Their specialty is country and gospel
music.
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fruitgrowers start working on
planning the festival in November
and have always worked hard to
keep it agriculturally oriented.”
"What are all those people doing
over there in that line Mr. Tosh'”
asked Cindy
“They’re tasting the dessert
sampler, kids You see,
fruitgrowers' wives bake and
donate all kinds of apple desserts
This year we had over 100 pies and
well over 100 kinds of apple breads
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One of the biggest attractions at the annual Festival is the
Adams County Poultry Association’s chicken barbeque. The
dinner is only held on Sunday because Saturday features a
pork barbeque by the South Central Pork Producers.
and cookies. Processed apple
products such as juice, apple rings,
and apple sauce are donated by
Knouse and Mussleman Foods.
For a small
charge which goes to support the
festival, people can have a sample
of all the desserts on those tables.
And that’s not all the good things to
eat that people come for One of the
biggest attractions is the Adams
County Poultry Association’s
chicken bar-b-que dinner. Last
year they served over 4000 dinners
on Sunday. Yesterday the South
Central Pork Producers featured a
pork bar-b-que dinner. There’s
practically anything you want to
eat here from soup to nuts ”
“That’s loud over there,” ob
served Paul, "What are all those
engines'”
"That’s Harry S Hahn’s
gasoline engine collection. Mr.
Hahn is from Emmittsburg and
has been collecting those engmes
piece by piece for years. There are
nine different gas engines there
including a small hammer mill, a
cider press, and even a cream
separator.”
“That looks like a witch’s pot
over there. Are they cooking up
some land of brew ' ” asked Cindy.
“That’s the Upper Adams
Jaycees cooking their apple butter.
The Jaycees cook the apple butter
and sell it to raise money for their
community project, the Oakside
Community Park. To make apple
butter from scratch takes about 18-
22 hours. The Jaycees sell their
apple butter for $1 a jar and you
can buy a loaf of homemade bread
at their stand too. Like all the work
related to the festival, the Jaycees
donate all their tune to this
project. They’re here in the fall for
the Apple Harvest Festival and
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