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Apple Hill bursting with flavors of the season


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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee

World Apple Day will have its 21st anniversary on the 21st (Friday), and apple experts – nutritionists, markets and producers – from Sonoma to Camino are all telling us the same thing: They never heard of it.

Californians haven’t exactly adopted World Apple Day – a British idea – but that doesn’t mean apples aren’t getting a lot of attention lately.

Apple Hill has all kinds of apples. Photo/LTN file

Apple Hill has all kinds of apples. Photo/LTN file

Apple Hill just finished its busiest weekend of the year, said Ann Wofford, director of the Apple Hill Growers Association, a collection of 55 orchards and other agricultural businesses in El Dorado County.

Liz Applegate, a nutritionist at UC Davis, is promoting the apple as vigorously as she does all year.

“It does more than keep a doctor away,” she said, alluding to its weight-control benefits.

October is also National Apple Month, according to the U.S. Apple Association.

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  1. Laura says - Posted: October 20, 2011

    Don’t try to go through Placerville toward Sacramento Saturday or Sunday afternoons…….if you’re in a hurry. Going south on main street may be faster. We were 1/2 hour late arriving at an appointment in Jackson, but once we were on Hwy 49 going south, no problem.