Apple Festivals This Weekend

"Apple Tasting", Friday, October 15th- Sunday, October 17th, 10AM-5PM, Portland Nursery, at 5050 SE Stark.   "Apples and Pears to taste. Live music, cooking demos, cider press, canned food drive to benefit Portland Impact, a variety of vendors, and fun for the whole family!"  A gigantic list of apple varieties that will be available for tasting and purchase is on their site: http://www.portlandnursery.com/

"Heirloom Apple Festival", Saturday, October 16- Sunday, October 17, 12-4PM, Smith Berry Barn, 24500 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Hillsboro, OR.   "We'll be offering  an array of heirloom  & modern varieties of apples and pears, picked fresh from our orchard and ripe for the tasting!  Varieties include classics such as Macintosh, Jonagold  and Gala  as well as some lesser known varieties including Spitzenberg, Newtown Pippin, Cox Orange Pippin and many, many more!  Kids and adults alike love to taste the amazing difference in flavors of all of our fresh-picked apples.  Enjoy freshly dipped caramel apples, hot apple cider and  home-made apple pie, made from an assortment of different varieties!  "  There will also be live music,  hot chicken apple sausage, alpacas, hay maze and pyramid, and fresh cider pressing.  They normally do not offer pick-your-own apples, but will for this event only. http://www.smithberrybarn.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=6