Keywords: apple orchard
Item 99326
Greenleaf Walton's apple crop, East Dixfield, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Item 64112
Pierpole Brand Maine Apples can label, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1924 Location: Strong Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here
From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"Apple orchards, that matured ten years after settlement, provided towns with cider, a popular country drink and cash crop."
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth
"The orchard closest to Cumberland Center was sold to Arvid Terison, and it was renamed the Double T Orchard when Arvid’s son Tom Terison took it over."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad
"… Whittier Road, (now # 655 Whittier Road). “The orchards had 1,000 or more trees and each fall Lowell bought up Spies and Baldwins (apples) from…"
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
