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This weekend: Celebrate North Carolina's apple bounty
Posted by: JD Rinne, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009, 12:28 PM

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(Courtesy North Carolina Apple Festival)

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. You could probably get your apple fix for the entire year at the North Carolina Apple Festival, held in Hendersonville, N.C., this weekend.

The Apple Festival is held along Hendersonville's Main Street
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The Apple Festival is held along Hendersonville's Main Street (Courtesy North Carolina Apple Festival)
The 63rd annual festival begins on Friday and lasts through Labor Day, when there's a huge King Apple Parade. The backbone of the festival is the free Street Fair, which takes over eight blocks of Main Street, with 250 vendors selling arts and crafts wares. There's also live entertainment, like bluegrass music.

Henderson County, N.C. is the seventh-largest apple-producing county in the U.S., with about $22 million in income a year. The state's apples are mostly red and golden delicious, Rome beauty, and gala. At the festival, there will be 14 local apple growers present, selling goodies like apple ice cream, apple freezes, and fried apple pie (yum).

Hendersonville is about two hours west of Charlotte, N.C. Festival organizers expect more than 225,000 people to attend. How do you like them apples?

Go to ncapplefestival.org for a full schedule and parking information.

Filed Under: north carolina, weekends
Reader Comments

My wife and I stopped by this event twice last year, primarily for the Southern Breakfasts at a Church near the downtown - hosted by different groups each morning - look at the Ashville area newspapers for info. The Street Fair had interesting booths and lots of bulk apples. Its important to note that Hendersonville is close to Ashville, N.C. somewhere around 45 minutes away.

Posted By Iolaire McFadden on September 2, 2009, 4:09 PM

From downtown Hendersonville, Asheville is only 25-30 minutes away via I-26 (I live in South Asheville). The Apple Festival is a lot of fun and it's a great place to purchase different kinds of apples from local growers.

Posted By Lisa on September 3, 2009, 7:22 PM

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