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Fall is apple-picking time

Eat a pie, sip a cider and celebrate North Georgia’s favorite fruit
The original apple house built in 1925 sits at the top of the U-Pick orchard at Mercier Orchards. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
The original apple house built in 1925 sits at the top of the U-Pick orchard at Mercier Orchards. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
By Bo Emerson
Sept 21, 2017

Riding on a wagon tour of the dwarf apple trees in Mercier Orchards, we were struck by two things:

One: you’re really in the mountains up here. Everything is either straight up or straight down.

Two: You've never seen so much tasty growing directly out of the ground.

Click below to read about what’s happening at Mercier Orchards and at other apple-centric locations in North Georgia this fall, including our list of pick-your-own orchards and a look at the Georgia Apple Festival.

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Bo Emerson is an Atlanta native and a long-time AJC feature and news writer.

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