Family weekend fun: Excelsior Apple Day, Lone Oak Days

September 17, 2015 at 6:23PM
September 21, 1994 It's apple pickin 'time .. This is at the Pine Tree Orchard in White Bear Lake.. owned and run by the Jacobson family.. mom, dad, and 6 kids. They started in 1950.. now have 150 acres of apple trees in this orchard. Today they were picking Lakeland apples. About 70-75 per cent of the apples are sold in whole form.. the fruit as we know it... the rest are make into various products like pies.. apple bars .. caramel apples ...apple cider.. etc. Lakeland apples by the box.. Septe
September 21, 1994 It's apple pickin 'time .. This is at the Pine Tree Orchard in White Bear Lake.. owned and run by the Jacobson family.. mom, dad, and 6 kids. They started in 1950.. now have 150 acres of apple trees in this orchard. Today they were picking Lakeland apples. About 70-75 per cent of the apples are sold in whole form.. the fruit as we know it... the rest are make into various products like pies.. apple bars .. caramel apples ...apple cider.. etc. Lakeland apples by the box.. September 22, 1994 John Croft, Minneapolis Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

EXCELSIOR APPLE DAY

A lakeside festival with an old-fashioned street dance music by Hardwood 4. Cooks and eaters compete in the Apple Pie Baking and eating contests. The event also features a vendor street fair, beer and wine garden and kids activity area. (9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat. Free. Water Street, downtown Excelsior. www.excelsior-lakeminnetonkachamber.com/apple-day.html.)

LONE OAK DAYS

Autumn-themed activities include a garden harvest, corn husking, plowing and rope making. Visit with barnyard animals and learn a few facts about honeybees. Live entertainment by the Eagan Men's Chorus and Eagan Women of Note. (11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Free. Holz Farm, 4665 Manor Dr., Eagan. www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/parks/holz-farm.)

MELISSA WALKER

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