Paul and Mae Pitzer Recall Their Early Farming Days

The Delicious Apple Podcast

The Delicious Apple Podcast
Paul and Mae Pitzer Recall Their Early Farming Days
Nov 29, 2025
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As part of Donald Horst's 1990's fruit-grower interviews, Donald here sits down with Paul and Mae Pitzer who tell of their farming in their early married life and disclose fascinating specifics about growing fruit in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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Podcast music is Scott Joplin's Pleasant Moments, performed by Gerluz and used by license from Musopen
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