The Delicious Apple Podcast
Enjoy these treasures from the National Apple Museum in Biglerville, PA as you listen to interviews with local fruit growers, historic talks, chats that reveal the wisdom of days gone by. Join us as we explore these Biglerville Historic and Preservation Society treasures together!
Episodes
32 episodes
A History of the Hemlock Inn
From her earliest childhood, Karen Neiderer remembers helping her grandma and Poppy Heyser at their famed Hemlock Inn, a landmark in the narrows just north of Arendtsville, PA. Karen shares her memories of playing around "named rocks" in ...
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15:51
Eco-Certified Greens Fruit Farm-An Interview with The Hrickos
Bobby and Sara Hricko are four generation fruit farmers from the Elysburg Area. They share fascinating information about their lives and sustainable farming and marketing in today's fruit-growing market. Greens Fruit Farm:
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28:46
Thomas Brothers Famous Country Store: Past, Present, and Future
Dave Thomas, nephew of the owners of the Thomas Brothers Famous Country Store in Biglerville, PA shares the past, present, and future of this northern Adams County landmark. Mr. Thomas spoke at the Biglerville Historical and Preservation Societ...
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Bill Sterrett Remembers President Eisenhower in Adams County
Join The National Apple Museum's Cindy Heller as she interviews William (Bill) Sterrett. In this fascinating glimpse into the rural and cosmopolitan world of Adams County in the 1950's and 60's, Bill relates his interactions with President Eise...
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53:04
Returning to Apple Country with William Tyson Tilton
As our honored speaker for the BHPS November 2023 annual meeting, William Tyson Tilton shares his memories of growing up in Northern Adams County, recalling details about Biglerville in the 1940s, working with local fruit and landscaping busine...
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36:18
Mt. Olivet's Sermonette in Box; an Interview with Pastor Craig Loewen
To help Biglerville Historical and Preservation Society celebrate Mt. Olivet UB Church's 130th anniversary, we talk with Pastor Craig Loewen. He shares the church's history and fun things like their sermonette in a box.
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Life in Rural Adams County about 1900
Enjoy the reminiscences of Chalie and Bertha Black , recorded from 1963-1973. Bertha sings a couple of amazing school songs, shares her memories of one-room schools of her youth while Charlie relates farm and business life in the rural Gettysbu...
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History Tidbits and Morsels, Part 2 (Early County Roads and the Revolution)
In 2009 Larry Kennedy wrote History Tidbits and Morsels detailing the history of Adams County and especially the history of Northern Adams County. Although this beautiful spiral-bound work is available in the National Apple Museum gift shop, Ed...
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History Tidbits and Morsels, Part 1
In 2009 Larry Kennedy wrote History Tidbits and Morsels detailing the history of Adams County and especially the history of Northern Adams County. Although this beautiful spiral-bound work is available in the National Apple Museum gift shop, Ed...
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Charlotte Pelton Remembers being a WWII Plane Watcher
Join Cindy and Bob of the Apple Museum as they interview 100-year-old Charlotte Pelton, Mrs. Biglerville, about her memories as a WWII plane watchers and more!Find out more about Air Spotters of WWII:
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52:50
Growing Up in Apple Country with Sam Walmer, a New Grower Interview
Join Edy Walmer Sarnoff and Sam Walmer as we explore our adventures in apple country. Sam relates his many horticultural adventures from crate forts to farm steward, he's done it all! Read Sam's new blog post about the first big spra...
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38:44
Kenneth Kane's Fruit Grower Interview
Listen to Kenneth Kane discuss the state of fruit land in Adams County and the history of the farms and families in the southwestern corner of the county.Donald Horst has put together a wonderful collection of interviews with local Adam...
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49:34
Ben Wenk and Billy Jones' Brand-New Interview
Join Cindy, Bob and Edy (members of the BHPS board) as they discuss the wonderful partnership that has developed between the National Apple Museum and Ploughman's Cider. Ben and Billy share their memories of creating Friday-Night Music Concerts...
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37:54
Dr. Larry Hull Fruit Grower Interview
Littlestown native and respected Penn State Fruit Lab professor, Dr. Larry Hull, shares the very beginnings of integrated pest management research and how he got his start at the Fruit Lab.Donald Horst has put together a wonderful colle...
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Dr. John Hildebride's Fruit Grower Interview
How did this knowledgeable nematologist, a son of Norwegian Immigrants who grew up in Chicago, end up researching and consulting at the Penn State Fruit Lab in Biglerville, PA? Donald Horst has put together a wonderful collection of int...
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55:31
Don Heiges' Fruit Grower Interview
We hope you enjoy this interview with Don Heiges who tells us all about the very earliest days of Biglerville, PA when he was a boy.Many thanks to the Adams County Historical Society for conducting this interview in 1984.Donald ...
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Helen Hauser's Fruit Grower Interview
In this wide-ranging fascinating interview of Helen Hauser we hear all about her families train trips to their property on the frontier ("It was so dirty!"), Arentsville schools, boarding school in VA, college in Philadelphia, and her life in...
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47:18
Behind the Scenes at the Apple Museum
In the new interview with the Biglerville Historical and Preservation Society Treasurer, Cindy Heller and volunteer, Brandon, you'll get a peek behind the scenes these past few years at the National Apple Museum. It's so fun to hear how they do...
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25:21
Introducing the Pennsylvania Apple Queen!
In this newly recorded interview with Cindy Heller, Sandy Kime, and Pennsylvania Apple Queen, Rheina Adrianto, we learn all about the time-honored Adams County tradition of annually electing a Pennsylvania Apple Queen. It is her honor...
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An Interview with Marian Thomas Harbaugh
Join the Biglerville Rotarians as they welcome Marian Thomas Harbaugh. Besides owning the Famous Country Store, Marian discusses her many successful initiatives, such as the Garden Club, the Kitchenettes, the Senior Center, and THE...
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31:25
Paul Hall Fruit Grower Interview
Come enjoy this 1988 interview with Paul Hall of the Hall Brothers in Adams County, PA. He shares his extensive knowledge of orchard maintenance having worked, for example, with every kind of sprayer except the earliest hand-pumped variety.&nbs...
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Dr. North Sterritt's Interview
Dr. Sterritt, a long-time partner of Dr. Hale in Arendtsville, PA, relates his fascinating military introduction into his profession and his long career as a country doctor. His stories about his friendship with his patient, Mamie Eisenhower, a...
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Dr. Raymond Hale's Fruit Grower Interview
Dr. Hale's recollections of beginning his long illustrative career as a local rural doctor, from the grand piano exploding across main street, to the hundreds of Adams County, PA residents turning out for his and Dr. Sterritt's retirement party...
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Fred Griest, Sr.'s Fruit Grower Interview
Fred Griest, Sr. recounts the earliest details of the commercial fruit industry in Pennsylvania and the US. You'll love his trip to East Berlin in a springless wagon of apples and his memory of early apple varieties. Donald Horst ...
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Earl Eckert and Roy Kuykendahl's Fruit Grower Interview
Early and Eckert and Roy Kuykendahl's interview with Donald Horst is a wonderful romp through the old days of fruit growing with juicy details to entertain.Donald Horst has put together a wonderful collection of interviews with local Ad...
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