In the final installment of how to make the most of fall in southern Wisconsin, Cap Times Food Editor Lindsay Christians shares her reporting on local apple orchards. She provides her picks for where to get apples for pies, where to pick-your-own, and which varieties you gotta try. Who knew you could pickle apples?!

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Apple orchards mentioned on the show:

🍏 Alpine Ridge Orchard 

5610 Alpine Road, Brooklyn

🍏 Appleberry Farm

8079 Maurer Road, Cross Plains

🍏 Door Creek Orchard

3252 Vilas Road, Cottage Grove

🍏 Eplegaarden

2227 Fitchburg Road, Fitchburg

🍏 Munchkey Apples

175 Drammen Valley Road, Mount Horeb

🍏 Lapacek’s Orchard

N1959 Kroncke Road, Poynette

🍏 Ski-Hi Fruit Farm

E11219A Ski Hi Road, Baraboo

Also:

🧀 Cheese Fair Off the Square is Sept. 30, 8 am - 1:45 pm, at East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Street.