Source: CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 8/27/15

The cooler temperatures and lower humidity of the southern Blue Ridge are great for summer vacationers – and for apples. Henderson County is about as far south as you’ll find commercial orchards in seaboard states. North Carolina ranks seventh nationally in apple production, and 65 percent of the harvest is from the 20-some orchards in Henderson County.

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