All posts tagged "apples"
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6.5KBusiness and LaborThe Vermont Country Store – Nine Surprising Facts
You can’t have missed the catalog for the Vermont Country Store in your mailbox, and you may well have visited one of...
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21.2K5ConnecticutThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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19.7K1Business and LaborJohnny Appleseed, The Real Reason He Wandered
Johnny Appleseed wasn’t quite a New England version of St. Francis, wandering the countryside in rags, scattering apple seeds and befriending woodland...
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8.2K3New HampshireThe Stone-Throwing Devil of New Castle, N.H.
During the summer of 1682, a stone-throwing devil persecuted a Quaker tavern owner named George Walton in what is now New Castle,...
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14.4K1MassachusettsThe Halloween Ephemera Factory: An Empire Built on Orange Crepe Paper
The giant Halloween ephemera factory in Framingham, Mass., for many years churned out crepe paper and cut-outs that collectors go crazy for...
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16.8K3Arts and LeisureNine Apple Cider Traditions That Are No Longer With Us
Today apple trees litter the roadsides of New England, often ignored or painted and photographed for their scenic charms. But from the...
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