Autumn = Apple-Picking Time

by Kathy Jentz

Apples at Waters Orchard in Germantown, MD.

It is apple-picking season and most folks go out to a local orchard more for the experience of a crisp autumn day in the country than for the actual apples themselves. At local orchards, you can buy apples already picked, along with apple cider, apple sauce, and my favorite — apple butter.