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Altapass offers visitors a window to the past as well as a snapshot of modern agricultural techniques. And autumn is when most people drop by.
TOP LEFT: Youngsters have plenty to do at the orchard. TOP RIGHT: Visitors can choose among 40 kinds of apples. ABOVE: Carson family members bought the 383-acre orchard 17 years ago.
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Needless to say, we are not alone.
"Saying that we experience an uptick in visitors come autumn is an incredible understatement," says Skip Carson. Carson, together with a stable
of family members, owns and operates The Historic Orchard at Altapass on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Located between Linville and Little Switzerland at Milepost 328.3, Altapass offers visitors a window to the past as well as a
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snapshot of modern agricultural techniques. And autumn is when most people drop by. "We open our doors in May,"
Carson says. "We close around the second week of November. I will do 10 times the business in October
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