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I took refuge from a passing shower in the shed where Nagog Hill Orchard once sold its apples.
Nagog was an early source for me. I got a perfect apple there once.
The orchard is large by New England standards, with hundreds of trees. It's a shame to see it lying fallow for so long.
The farm changed hands, and it's been at least three years since the trees there had been pruned,
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but someone is still cutting the grass.
So sad!
ReplyDeleteThe property belongs to the Town of Littleton. The people who had been operating the orchard didn't renew the 30-year lease. The Town of Littleton has offered the property for lease or sale. According to the Town, the apple trees are no longer commercially viable. (Wonder why they think that?) The land -- or at least some of it -- must be used for agriculture. It can't be used for housing.
ReplyDeleteOh no!
DeleteI also do not understand the "not commercially viable" idea. Those trees need work but could bear again.
If that is what the town is telling people, no wonder no one wants to take it on.
I hope that assessment is not based on some notion that only Honeycrisp or Gala etc. could be "commercially viable."
Really a shame for one of the largest orchards in the area.