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The election of officers for the coming year was the main order of business at the Rappahannock Historical Society’s annual meeting held Friday evening, May 15th. Jack W. Brown, a Rappahannock native, graduate of VPI and former County Agent in Loudoun County was elected president. Another Sperryville resident, Mrs. D. J. (Edna) Metzinger was elected vice president. Mrs. W. D. (Cathleen) Shiff of Amissville, a member of the Fairfax Hazardous Materials Response Team, was named secretary and Beverley Atkins of Flint Hill was elected treasurer.
The speaker for the evening was William H. Lyne, former County Extension Agent for Rappahannock County. He spoke about the history of the apple industry in Rappahannock County. Many interesting facts about the county’s role in supplying apples to the market place were revealed, including that Mr. John Wood had 100 acres in apple orchards in the year 1871. He also said that in 1930, 708 farms in the county had 328,317 apple trees.
The peak season in apple production was 960,000 bushels in one year. At the present time there are only about a dozen producers of apples in the county. Another interested fact be revealed is that a Mr. C. W. Wood shipped a barrel of apples to Queen Victoria of England and Rappahannock apples were commercially shipped to England for many
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