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Marissa Monson recently returned to Champaign-Urbana, where she earned a bachelor's of journalism from University of Illinois in 2004. She freelances fulltime and works parttime at Jane Addams Book Shop to support a serious book-buying habit. She loves hip-hop and soul music. The first album she owned was Janet Jackson's "Control." She never looked back.
It’s time for apple pie.
Curtis Orchard opened up shop for the season last week, and that can only mean one thing: apples. Well, actually it means a few things: Apricots, blueberries, Rehaven peaches, watermelon, sweet corn, tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini.
Curtis Orchard, near the brand-new I-57 Curtis Road interchange — grows 5000 apple trees and 20 acres of pumpkins on their 80-acre farm just west of Windsor Road.
Dubbed an “entrainment farm,” the majority of activities — such as the corn maze, pony rides, and wagon rides — don’t commence until mid-August, but there is still much to do in August. Munch on the orchard’s locally-loved apple donuts and pies, or choose the (much) healthier route and pick a few apples from the farm’s trees. Currently, Lodi and William’s Pride varieties are ripe, and Early Crisp apples will be ready to pluck from the trees soon.
Curtis Orchard is located at 3902 S. Duncan Rd. The hours of operation are Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The farm closes for the season in mid-December.
Comments (3)
Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:43 AM
FINALLY
Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:20 AM
We love Curtis Orchard but over the years it has lost some appeal since it has become so expensive. Yes, you can go and spend no money (let the kids play in the hay, walk in the orchards). But if you want to do anything else, you must pay and the shop prices have gone up. You can easily drop $50 there.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:25 AM
Jenna -
I doubt they want to raise prices, but if you look around, they are hardly the only people doing it. A tank of gas costs $50 these days too...
Vote for not-McCain.
:-)