How to Harvest Wooden Apples

Keep an eye out for wooden apples if you are picking in Vermont.

Wooden apples might not grow on trees; but if you find one, consider yourself lucky. In Vermont, picking a wooden apple from a tree makes you the winner of an Apple iPod. This is a contest held by the Vermont Tourism Bureau to increase interest in visiting the 24 pick-your-own apple orchards across the state. This annual contest is open to everyone except employees and family members of the sponsors, but the fun will be over by the end of apple harvest season in October so plan your vacation and get picking.

Instructions

1. Visit any of the pick-your-own apple orchards in Vermont during the apple harvest from mid-September through October. Visit VermontApples.com for a listing of Vermont orchards that participate in this event.

2. Look for wooden apples with a picture of an iPod painted on them in the trees while you are apple-picking.

3. Grab the wooden apple with the iPod picture printed on it from the tree if you spot one.

4. Contact the Vermont Department of Tourism by phone at 1-800-VERMONT for information about claiming your iPod prize.

References

• Vermont Tourism Site: Apples to iPods
• Vermont Agency of Agriculture: Apples to iPods Contest

Resources

• VermontApples: Orchard Listings as of 2010
• VermontApples: Vermont Apple Growers