Apple Picking in Wisconsin!

I'm nearing the end of my posts about our fall trip to the Mediterranean and Chicago.

KC asked her parents if she could go apple picking.  She must have heard about it from her friends, but she wanted to try it. Since KC doesn't usually ask for this sort of thing, Ed and Tif thought it would be fun for her to experience it.

Ed insisted on looking for an orchard that had Fuji apples since that's the only kind of apple KC seems to eat.  Ummm.... yes, she's particular.  Tiffany did some research online and found Edwards Orchard in Poplar Grove.

November 1st was cold but sunny.

It  was a bonus that they also had Granny Smith that Tif likes.

$40 for a basket seemed steep, but you're paying for the experience.












We got to ride into the orchard on this flat bed wagon pulled by a tractor.

The orchard was full of fruit.

The nice thing is that the fruit were not too large which made them the perfect size for KC's snacks.

We used to take Tiffany and her brother, Keola apple picking all the time when we lived in Illinois.

This brought back lovely memories.

Tif said somebody had mentioned how good their donuts were.

Oh yes!  They were the best fresh apple donuts we've ever had.

The little museum of farm equipment was interesting and gave KC a glimpse into the past.

When we got home we found that quite a few of the apples had this translucent look near the core.  I'd seen something like this before when we'd bought Fuji apples and thought they might have been damaged by cold weather or some other condition.  Actually it's called watercore. Apples with watercore have high levels of the sugar sorbitol and are desirable in Japan. Areas in the flesh near the core are supposed to be filled with air, but became filled with liquid instead.

In the end, they tasted great and we loved them.  In fact, we even ate some on the airplane that Tiffany packed for us.  I hope we get to have them again next year.