Taste of the Past
Maxine Troxell With summer approaching, it’s berry-picking time. I remember picking black raspberries at Catoctin Mountain Orchard. Berry picking wasn’t one of my favorite things to do, especially black raspberries, because of all the thorns on the bushes. When I was growing up, I remember my mother would make black raspberry custard pies. Anytime someone…
Reminiscing...
The History of Orchards in Thurmont with Elmer “Lee” Black — Part II — Deb Spalding The sale of wholesale fruit was big business for the Black families’ orchards in the 1960s and 1970s. They were the first ones in the area to have Cortland Apples. “When we first started to sell Cortland apples, we…
