(car) Mille Miglia/Italy, (apples) Ron Watts, (Great Wall) Nathan Hoover
COMMUNITY
AMERICAN PICKERS
Another must-see Washington
State show 'n' shine is the
Snohomish Classic Car & Hot
Rod Display, held in the Antique
Capital of the Pacific Northwest.
Where better to view more than
600 sexy vintage cars than
against the brick storefronts
of this charming, late 1800s
timber-mill town? Free admission
for spectators. September 25,
2011. cityofsnohomish.com
pomme
leaders
A CENTURY AGO, North America boasted more than 15,000 different kinds
of apples with such evocative monikers as Dula Beauty and Seek-No-Further. Today,
just 11 species make up 90 per cent of all apples grown on the continent. Fortunately, one can still sample more than 60 lesser-known heritage options at Vancouver's
upcoming UBC Apple Fest – including the Ambrosia, discovered in the Similkameen
Valley in the early 1990s. Held the weekend after Thanksgiving, the 21-year-old
$3 event draws massive crowds that manage to schlep home 13,000-plus kg of apples –
even after a day jammed with grafting and cider-pressing demos, a kids' interactive
orchard, food fair, craft vendors and spirited bartering for trees drafted onto
dwarfing rootstock (botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/apple-festival).
–Kerry Banks
.
.
The science of "the perfect apple," at Summerland's Pacific Agri-food Research Centre:
www.bcaa.com/apples
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