832—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,1984
Apple Blossom Festival Scheduled
GETTYSBURG - Adams
County will be the site of the 34th
annual Apple Blossom Festival
which will be held Sat., May 5 and
Sun., May 6.
Highlights of this year’s festival
include; Live entertainment,
chicken dinners, free orchard
tours (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) crafts show
and sale, petting baby barnyard,
livestock and agricultural exhibits,
and the crowning of the Apple
Blossom Queen. Features this year
include an apple butter boil and a
wider selection of taste-tempting
food treats.
The Apple Blossom Festival is
held each year at the South
Mountain Fairgrounds located 10
miles northwest of historic Get
tysburg on Rt. 234 near Arendt
sville. The Fairgrounds are
situated in the middle of scenic
Adams County’s 20,000 acres of
fruit orchards. The festival gates
will open each day from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. and admission is $1 for
adults, children under age 16 are
Program
signup
DES MOINES, la. -
Secretary of
Agriculture John R.
Block has extended the
sign-up period for 1984
cotton, feed grain, rice
and wheat programs by
three weeks, through
March 16.
Block also said he has
changed summer fallow
rules so that the
requirements would be
the same as they were in
1983 and previous
programs. Prior to this
action, acreage
designated for the 1984
programs could not
have been land intended
for summer fallow in
the current year. Other
provisions of the 1984
programs will remain
unchanged, he said.
Block said he took
these actions to clear
away some of the ob
stacles which made it
difficult for farmers to
make sound decisions
about the programs
Also, many farmers
have not been able to
finalize crop operating
plans including
financing and lease
arrangements. Since
producers must sign a
binding contract in the
1984 acreage reduction
programs, with
liquidated damages for
failure to comply, they
are reluctant to sign up
until their operating
plans are more com
plete, he said
"Both USDA and
private sector analysts
say that when most
farmers compare these
programs with their
own operating plans,
they will find par
ticipation is to their
advantage,” Block said.
"This extension will
give producers the time
needed to weigh the
benefits of particpation
agams the risks of no
price protection which
they would otherwise
face."
Block encouraged
farmers to avoid a last
minute rush to USDA’s
Agricultural Stabilizat
ion and Conservation
Service county offices
so that they can better
“serve each farmer
free and there is plenty of hee
parking.
Visitors from a six state area are
attracted to this special annual
event to enjoy the festival and to
view the beautiful blossoms of the
apple, peach and cherry trees
which are usually in full bloom
during festival week.
Adams County Fruitgrowers,
who produce over five million
bushels of apples each year, would
like to invite you to view, enjoy,
and learn about their apple in
dustry.
Attractions, both days, promise
to delight both young and old.
Other attractions include: a
display of antique cars, helicopter
rides, large group of antique steam
engines, antique corn-sheller
demonstration, homemade crafts,
plus much, much, more.
The highlight of Sunday’s ac
tivities will be the omnming of
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1984 Apple Blossom Queen.
Preceding the crowning will be an
apple pie baking contest, apple pie
eating contests and apple bobbing
contests. A wide variety of food
products will be available for
purchase such as fresh apples,
apple cider, apple butter, candied
apples, apple dumplings, apple
strudel, apple pies, chicken in the
basket (Saturday only), chicken
barbeque dinners (Sunday only),
homemade scrapple and country
sausage.
The Apple Blossom Festival is
sponsored by the Adams County
Fruitgrowers Association, and co
ordinated by the Gettysburg,
Adams County Area Chamber of
Commerce. For further in
formation contact: the Gettysburg
Travel Council, Dept. M-19, 35
Carlisle Street, Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania 17325.
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the school board. At the board
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sponsored the essay contest during
the previous week for its members
and was later judged by Mrs.
Pennington, Senior High English
Teacher and Mr. Staver, Dean of
Students.
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won an FFA Vest and the over-all
winner of the contest won a feeder
pig. Winners were Dave Erdman,
ninth grade and Greenhand; Joe
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