It's apple-picking season in southeastern Connecticut
September 29, 2021 12:00 am
• Last Updated: September 29, 2021 9:54 pm
While taking advantage of having the day off from school, Ruby Byassee, 7, of Stonington places an apple in a bag Wednesday Sept. 29, 2021, while picking apples with her grandparents Deb and Mike Husk of Groton at Holmberg Orchards in Gales Ferry. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Ledyard — The weather was a perfect for fall day Wednesday, and people with school-age children took adavantage of them having a day off from school, in some school districts, to spend time picking apples.
Several said they later planned to make treats, including apple pie or applesauce.
Olivia Yacovou, 3, left, and her sister, Adriana, 2, spend time picking apples Wednesday Sept. 29, 2021, with their nanny Michelle Smith, left, all of Niantic, and Smith's friend Sharon Langello, right, of Quaker Hill at Holmberg Orchards in Gales Ferry. Smith said earlier in the day she and the girls were talking about apples, so she decided to take them to the orchard and later in the day, they planned to bake an apple pie. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Kelli Clayton of Charlestown, R.I., reacts as her son, Austin, 3, is successful in picking an apple by himself Wednesday Sept. 29, 2021, while they and daughter, Ava, 6, not shown, take advantage of a day off from school to spend time picking apples at Holmberg Orchards in Gales Ferry. Clayton says they often make apple pies, but this time they planned to make applesauce because that's Austin's favorite. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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