It's Apple Picking Season

By Cheryl Senter on Friday, October 6, 2006.

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Apple picking season in New England is fast and sweet.

The idea is to pick them before they drop.

And once their stems dry, the juice laden apples start dropping like crazy.

So, at Woodmont Orchards, nestled along side I-93 in Londonderry, workers are picking like crazy.

The Woodmont staff are working six and seven days a week to pick, clean, sort, box, and ship their Macs.

Top left - Richard Lynch picks apples. Top right - An apple tree ladder left on a tree. Middle left - Crates of picked apples - next step to be washed. Middle right - Jimmy Pagan makes boxes. Bottom left - Marta Rodriguez puts stickers on top quality apples heading to supermarkets. Bottom right - Jose boxes apples for shipping.(Cheryl Senter, NHPR)