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are imported and sold alongside the “real” items.
The authentic, locally-made model was intended for real use and stands up well. In fact, when the first fruit stands sprang up to dot the road toward Skyline Drive, tourists could purchase the handmade baskets with their bushel of apples, all for a nickel.
Our rolling hills, with good air and soil ventilation, provide perfect conditions for grape and apple cultivation. Every year, gallons of wine and cider are made from Piedmont orchards and vineyards.
When selecting cider, make sure it is locally pressed and ask the fruit stand owner if you can purchase it in quantity for a discount. Cider is a welcome gift for your friends in the city with small children. Those who have only had that watery imitation called apple juice will be pleasantly surprised.
Nobody laughs any more when you say “Virginia wines.” Gaining respect from wine lovers as well as demanding wine critics are our local Piedmont wines. Pick the claret, chardonnay or champagne from local vineyards after making some comparative tasting trips.
A byproduct of our orchards and vineyards is our sweet Piedmont honey. The bees are valuable to farmers here, where capricious frosts decide in an instant if fruit blossoms have had enough time to be pollinated or if they will never bear. Most local farmers bring on the bees in whatever numbers they can find, to even the odds in favor of quick and certain pollination. Thus, the service of the bees to a major local crop produces another — sweet, flavorful apple, peach and locust blossom honey.
When picking honey for gifts, do
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