I think it costs $4 for members, $6 for non-members. There will be speakers, so many people decide to go on the Saturday or Sunday when the speakers most intrigue them. This is usually the largest display of fruit in North America. There are typically 600 varieties of apples, 150 varieties of pears, and many varieties of other fruits to try. The main idea is to try many different varieties of fruit, to decide which ones you will want to graft into your trees the next Spring. Of course you can also order extremely inexpensive trees, for $12, of combinations of rootstock and variety that will exactly fit your favorite fruit with the kind of rootstock that fits the space at your home. These trees can be picked up in the Fall. It's one of the biggest events of the year for the Home Orchard Society. As such, you can find out about all the different educational programs and activities that the society runs throughout the year. You can have your apples ID'd if you don't know what variety, you can have a group of experts answer your questions, you can get advice about grafting or growing varieties or problems in the garden.
John S
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