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Ithaca Apple Fest strengthens local farms

By Julia Hargreaves, Maddy Dombrow, Sarah Cochi, Liam McDermott, Eli Rosler, and Ava Ecker • October 1, 2025

Littletree Orchards is one of the farms that helped bring the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival to life. This year, The Ithacan followed the orchard in their preparation for such a large event and discovered...

Applefest has grown into a popular Ithaca tradition from its humble beginnings in 1982.

Getting to the core of the 35th annual Applefest

By Kara Bowen, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2017
"It’s interesting to watch this festival grow over the years from a kind of ‘kid’ fair to now an ‘adult’ fair."
Jon Bennett, a worker at Littletree Orchards in Newfield, N.Y., grades apples to turn into cider for the upcoming 31st Annual Apple Harvest Festival. Littletree Orchards has been around for 40 years.

Fruits of their labor: Farmers prepare for 31st annual Apple Fest

By Aama Harwood, Staff Writer • October 2, 2013
Several apple farmers must gear up for the upcoming changes to Apple Fest because of the construction on The Commons.

Video: Poor apple season in upstate New York

By Michelle Boulé • September 22, 2012
The extreme temperatures this year have taken a toll on apple production in New York.
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