Title

Maine produces around 1.5 percent of the apples eaten by Americans. That number

Source

Maine Times

Date

9-1-1997

Pages

4-9

Abstract

Maine produces around 1.5 percent of the apples eaten by Americans. That number accounts for $14 million in sales among 120 farmers. McIntosh apples account for around 60 percent of the apples grown in Maine. Details on Maine's relationship with the apple; related articles on Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, an agricultural experiment station for the University of Maine at Orono. UMO last year announced it would close the farm, but funding has been found to keep it open. With a listing of Maine's farmers' markets, agricultural fairs and apple orchards.

Subjects

Apples

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