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Northshore October 2025
This stanza from the famous New England poet conjures the essence of the cool-weather season, and rows and rows of apple trees with branches laden with their juicy yield. Apple picking has become a favorite New England pastime, with families heading out across the region on Sunday afternoons to fill their baskets and bags with the forbidden fruit. The North Shore has dozens of orchards with all types of apple varieties ready and ripe for the picking. Smolak Farms in North Andover, a pristine agricultural landscape of 107 acres, offers several apple orchards and more than 40 varieties of apples. Macoun, McIntosh, and Cortland apples are j
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