Apple Blossom Festival Draws Thousands to Winchester
Winchester prepares for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival the fourteen annual event spanning two days in May. The parade, Queen Shenandoah XIV coronation, Handley School pageant, and the pink petals parade highlight a community celebration timed to bloom. Orchard blooms and favorable weather shape dates, with locals decorating shops and homes in festive spirit.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah XIV
Handley School
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Virginia Apples and the Commonwealths Orchard Heritage
A detailed history of Virginia apple growing from colonial land grants to modern markets. It highlights pioneers like Dr. William M. Alwood, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute's role, the expansion of 10 million trees, key varieties such as Winesap and York Imperial, and Virginia’s standing as a top apple state with strong rail and road marketing networks.
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Queen Victoria
Lord Durham
Lord Melbourne
Virginia
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Experiment Station
Alwood
William M. Alwood
Greenwood
South
Ben Davis
Rome
Grimes
New York
Maine
Mississippi
Apple Crops in Frederick County Reach 650 000 Barrels
Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce reports Frederick County grows 356 fruit farms with about 700 000 apple trees producing an average 600 000 to 650 000 barrels per year. York Imperial leads with 60 percent, blossom around May, and harvest runs June to November with most fruit stored cold for future delivery.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Shenandoah- Cumberland and
Potomac
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Rappahannock
Tennessee
New York
San Francisco
Union
Washington
Jack Frost
Piedmont
Frederick County
United States
Apple Pie Ridge
York Imperials
Stayman Winesap
Winesap
Jonathans
Delicious
Black Twigs
Rome Beauties
Ben Davis
Grimes
Lowry
Golden Delicious
Apple
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National Fruit Product Company
King of Fruits
Edgar D. Nininger
Commonwealth
Maganzine
Solomon
Old Dominion
Berkeley
Andrew Stephenson
Albemarle
Court of St. James
Green Mountain
Andrew Bell
The
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
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