Door County 2009 Visitor Guide - (Page 85) C A O I n a typical year, both sweet and tart cherries can be found in local farm markets and “pick-your-own” cherry orchards between mid-July and mid-August. Door County’s cherry orchards can produce up to 13 million pounds of cherries per year. The county’s favorite fruit is the Montmorency tart cherry. Harvest time is a Door County tradition in which families reap many rewards, not only during the harvesting experience but in baking and eating the fruits of their labor. Door County has a history of cherry growing that dates back to the 1800s. Soil and weather conditions - warm days and cool nights - influenced by Lake Michigan and Green Bay, have created an ideal situation for growing these delicious fruits. Today with around 2,200 acres of cherry orchards and another 1,000 acres of apple orchards, Door County is filled with blossoms in the spring and is richly decorated with the delicious fruits in the late summer and fall. Our Montmorency cherries are usually picked from mid July to early/mid August. Early varieties of apples, such as Paulareds, are harvested as early as late August. Golden Delicious are harvested through mid October. Apple harvesting usually runs from mid-September to mid-October, beginning in Southern Door County. Orchards offer mostly already-picked apples; however, some also will offer opportunities for pick-yourown. Farmer’s markets and roadside stands also will boast the many varieties of apples grown locally including: Delicious, Cortland, Jonathan, Ginger Gold, Empire and Honeycrisp. For updates on Door County orchard crops, call our information hotline, (920) 743-4456 ext.3, then 6. Cherry and apple stands can be found along many of Door County’s country roads in season. Picking your own apples and cherries can be a fun and tasty part of your visit to Door County. A list with locations of apple orchards, cherry orchards, and stands can be found below or by calling our staff at the Door County Visitor Center, (920) 743-4456. Orchard Maps & More Info at: www.doorcounty.com/outdoor/orchards.aspx Coffee, Java, Joe, Brew & “Deja” brew; Door County has lots of it! ver have the feeling you’ve had coffee here before? Well, no wonder. There are many wonderful cups of coffee to sip in Door County and each coffee house offers you something different. The one thing they all have in common, however, is a good quality cup of Java. Did you know coffee’s origins are in Ethiopia and it has been available in Europe since the 15th century? The first European “coffee house” was opened in Italy and by 1675 there were more than 3,000 coffee houses open for business in England. What is it about coffee houses that so captures our imagination? Could it just be the steaming, hot, rich cups of brew they serve, or is there more to it? Almost every village in Door County has one or more places to stop, relax and enjoy a cup of quality coffee, tea and/or smoothie or blended beverage. Most also offer wireless internet and home baked or gourmet variety cakes, cookies or pastries. Some offer full menus including homemade soups and breakfast sandwiches and some focus equal attention on books, art, home furnishings, gourmet foods, coffee related and non-coffee related gifts, poetry readings and live music. E DoorCounty.com 85 http://www.doorcounty.com/outdoor/orchards.aspx http://www.DoorCounty.com
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