My son and DIL were visiting this weekend and had 3 things they wanted
to do -- see the leaves, buy some apples, and go to a winery. We
started out on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the leaves which were
beautiful this year. After about 30 miles on the Parkway we headed
down to North Wilkesboro to find the apple orchards. We ended up at a
roadside apple market and bought a bushel of Red Romes for $12.00.
These are #1 apples.

After lunch at an Amish deli/bakery we came home and the kids went to
the winery that is about 3 miles from the house. I could not believe
that we were about to do all those things in one day.

I found out an interesting fact about keeping apples. In the cold
lockers where they are kept, the temperature is 28° F. They do not
freeze at that temperature, but do freeze when they are subjected to a
temperature of 26° F for 5 hours.

Looks like I am going to be busy making apple sauce from the 1/2
bushel of the apples that was left here, muscadine juice (and maybe
some jelly) from the 30 pounds of grapes DH and I picked this
afternoon. And then the persimmons when they get ripe. I hope they
take their time.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974