Deb Abraham Spalding At the Catoctin Mountain Orchard in Thurmont, apples aren’t just grown and sold, various varieties are studied, cultivated, and found! Congratulations to Robert (Bob) Black, of Catoctin Mountain Orchard, for earning the 2020 Apple Grower of the Year Award title. The American Fruit Grower Apple Grower of the Year Award was created…

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…