The Hartland Orchard is officially in apple season! Visitors can pay $10 per peck, roughly 30 medium-sized apples, or $20 per half-bushel, approximately 25 pounds.

Hartland Orchard is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. Apples are $20 for a half bushel. Hollin Farms--1524 Snowden Rd, Delaplane, VA 20144.

"People get attached to a certain tree," says Bill Green, who runs Hartland Orchard in Markham, Va., with wife Sharon. Many folks show up at the same time each year, aiming to pick their favorites.

Henry Green estimates that Hartland Orchard has nearly 1,500 visitors a week from August through October. When I asked him how the pickers have changed over the years, he replied, "So many of our ...

A Hartland orchard and winery is dealing with the theft of $15,000 worth of apples. The 7,000 pounds of apples, approximately 20 acres worth, were stolen from Spicer Orchards' farm in Fenton.