Apples On The Way

by Nava Thompson

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Apples On The Way

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Nava Thompson

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A photo taken by Nava Thompson of an apple tree in bloom in the spring. This photo was taken in NW Arkansas..........At one time, Arkansas was the apple capitol.............In 1975, the headquarters of Stemilt Growers was moved from nearby Stemilt Hill to Olds Station, Wenatchee. The company grows, packs and ships tree fruit and would go on to become the largest fresh market sweet cherry shipper in the world.....................Every year from the last week of April through the end of the first week of May, Wenatchee hosts the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, which probably brings in the largest number of people Wenatchee sees annually, with the exception of all the migrant workers coming in to pick the crop.[10] It features 2 relatively large parades, the Apple Blossom Youth Parade on the last Saturday in April and the Apple Blossom Grand Parade on the first Saturday in May, a food fair representing cuisine from around the world, and a travelling carnival.............................According to CNN's Money Magazine, Wenatchee had the second fastest forecast real estate value growth for June 2006�CJune 2007 in the country. On July 29, 2013, a large wildfire spreading over 31 miles (50 km) south of Wenatchee occurred, affecting over 40 nearby homes..........................The Wenatchee River, just before it flows into the Columbia.Wenatchee is located at WikiMiniAtlas
47������120������#65279; / 47.42333��120.32528��#65279; / 47.42333; -120.32528 (47.423316, -120.325279)[12] at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers in the Columbia Basin, just east of the foothills of the Cascade Range. Nestled in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains, there are blue skies 300 days of the year. Irrigation from the Columbia River and her tributaries allows for the large amount of agriculture in Wenatchee and the surrounding areas........ city of Wenatchee is bordered by the Wenatchee River on the north, the Columbia River to the east, and the Wenatchee Mountains to the south and west. These ridges and peaks form a wall around the western and southern sides of the city. Hiking trails abound. The sage-steppe ecosystem of the foothills is especially beautiful in spring.

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March 18th, 2014

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