Each year we welcome thousands of local school children to our farm. We show them how to pick and sort apples, and how to press cider. The children are taken out to the orchard on a tractor drawn hayride to pick their own bag of apples (crop permitting), which always makes for wonderful memories.

Tours run from September 11 to October 27, 2006. Cost is $4.00 per person.

Orchard Tours include:

• Age-appropriate explanation of apple sorting machine and cider press
• Video of Cider press
• Tractor-drawn hayride
• 1/4 peck bag to fill with apples (picking from trees while crop lasts)
• 1 cup of pasteurized cider per person
• Souvenir sticker for each child

If you have already booked your tour, please plan to arrive 15 minutes before your tour is scheduled to begin. Have the teacher or adult in charge pay at the cash register for the total number in the group. This includes all students, siblings, chaperones and others, with the exception of one teacher and one chaperone per class.

Due to tight scheduling and increased need for child safety and monitoring, we regretfully cannot accomodate scout troops, parent groups, playgroups, or other non-school related parties.

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