Hi Jon and friends, I get the feeling the article or author is a bit mixed up, and does not know exactly what point is the main one. However, there is no doubt that all things American make their way across to this side of the pond sooner or later, and demand for U-pick apples (or Pick Your Own as we call it here) is much greater than ever before, so in that way we are following in your footsteps. Not everyone that comes to pick is a yuppy though, and mostly it is just nice innocent entertainment for families with younger children. Personally I think that if we as growers engage with the children, these people will have happy memories of apples when they grow older, and hopefully better eating habits than they would otherwise have. On the issue of cost, I think it is probably more expensive to organise for people to come and do U-pick than simply to go out with your orchard crew and pick the apples yourself. Con Traas
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