Historic Fruit Orchards

spyfferoni · August 18, 2007

We stopped at Capital Reef National Park on our way home from our family vacation. They have a historic district that they maintain including the orchards that the pioneers planted. They are trying to keep the same varieties growing that were first planted there, and they have added a few newer varieties. It was really neat to see. We got to pick apples. The kids loved it. The setting is amazing! I'm really glad the Park service is trying to preserve the orchards. We also visited a one room school house and saw Indian Petroglyphs. It was really neat. When we found the apples that were ripe and ready to pick they were just delicious! I don't know the variety. They were a pale green/yellow color and some of them had a little blush and the flesh was a creamy color, almost pale yellow. The texture was amazing---so crisp. They have a variety there I would have liked to try called Capital Reef Red---it wasn't quite ripe though. I'll try to get some photos uploaded soon.

August 18, 2007	#1
spyfferoni Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 675	Historic Fruit Orchards We stopped at Capital Reef National Park on our way home from our family vacation. They have a historic district that they maintain including the orchards that the pioneers planted. They are trying to keep the same varieties growing that were first planted there, and they have added a few newer varieties. It was really neat to see. We got to pick apples. The kids loved it. The setting is amazing! I'm really glad the Park service is trying to preserve the orchards. We also visited a one room school house and saw Indian Petroglyphs. It was really neat. When we found the apples that were ripe and ready to pick they were just delicious! I don't know the variety. They were a pale green/yellow color and some of them had a little blush and the flesh was a creamy color, almost pale yellow. The texture was amazing---so crisp. They have a variety there I would have liked to try called Capital Reef Red---it wasn't quite ripe though. I'll try to get some photos uploaded soon.