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BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.)
Are you searching for more
information about the history of
Pennsylvania’s apple industry but
don’t know where to look?
The Adams County Fruit Grow
ers Association has recently
released “The All American
Apple” video, available from the
association, which chronicles the
history of apples grown in Adams
County and looks at the present
and future of apple production.
The story, narrated by local tele
vision celebrity Wendell Wood
bury, presents the “apple story” in
an easy-to-understand format suit
able for use In the classroom from
grades 4-12 and for general
viewing, according to the
association.
Written and produced by Bill
Kleiner, Penn State fruit extension
agent, the video provides a detail-
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Fruit Growers Introduce
ed history of the apple industry in
the county, which blossomed more
than 100 years ago on Noah Shee
ly’s farm between Arendtsville
and Cashtown.
In 1878, Sheely first planted
apple trees on the farm, known for
its famous Round Bam. In order to
process the fruit of the fledgling
industry, C.H. and Emma Mussel
man purchased a bankrupt canning
business in Biglerville in 1907.
The Musselman’s endeavor
became not only the first success
ful canning business in Adams
County, but also the largest suc
cessful apple processing company
in the country. (Today, Mussel
man’s is a division of Knouse
Foods Cooperative, Inc.)
What was Erst a flint mill and
then a canning factory became
Adams Apple Products Corpora
tion when the Mann brothers
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bought the Aspers plant. This
plant, now known as Mott’s USA,
has had three owners since 1930:
Duffy-Mott Company, Inc.;
American Brands, Inc., who pur
chased Duffy-Mott in 1968; and
LEESPORT (Berks Co.) On
August 18, from 10:30 a.m. to
noon, the Walter Nuding Dairy in
Montgomery County will be host
of a pasture lour to explain the
progress and problems of his
2-year-old grazing system.
Milk production for this 20-cow
dairy in 1993 averaged 36 pounds
per day with an 80,000 somatic
cell count. In 1994 the herd is up
to 62 pounds per day and still is
maintaining less than a 100,000
somatic cell count primarily on
grass pasture.
Nuding will explain how he has
reduced pasture acreage and herd
health problems while increasing
cuttings and tonnage of hay. He
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Apple Video
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acquired the plant in 1982
Approximately 75 Adams
County growers produce fruit on
20,000 acres, annually harvesting
more than five million bushels of
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has also started composting dairy
cattle manure and will have a new
ly started pile, a 2-month-old pile
and a finished example to view
and discuss.
Nuding’s land-locked dairy
farm is surrounded by a large
mall, 500-unit townhouses and
two single family home develop
ments. Walt will give his unique
perspective on how living in an ur
ban area can be a positive experi
ence for the whole neighborhood.
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The video, which costs $19.95
plus $2.50 shipping and handling,
is available from the Adams Coun
ty Fruit Growers Association, 33
Musselman Avenue, P.O. Box
515, Biglerville, PA 17307.
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