Last weekend we first listened to a short NPR podcast about apple marketing and research, then walked to the Apple Harvest Festival! I enjoyed hearing about two apples which Cornell produced, RubyFrost and SnapDragon! It was interesting to hear about some of the ideas leading to these names. RubyFrost, for instance, received its name due to its Ruby colored exterior, white interior, and the fact that its harvested later than most apples.

As someone who personally doesn’t eat apples very often, I was very impressed with all that was at the festival based around apples! There was fresh apple cider, caramel apples, tons of varieties of apples, apple donuts, apple fritters, apple mac and cheese, you name it! I had my first caramel apple, and it was very good. I will definitely try to go again next year.