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Apple Day Wants You to Try the Other Apples

A basket of freshly harvested apples, from the UK Orchard Network.

Apple Day gives October 21 a delicious assignment: get to know another apple.

When: Wednesday, October 21
Started: 1990, in London’s Covent Garden
Explore: Common Ground’s Apple Day story

The celebration began as a way to champion orchard diversity and local food traditions. Tastings, variety identification, juicing and grafting have all become part of the festivities. For your own small celebration, ask a grower for one variety to eat fresh and another for cooking.