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Barber Orchards is not a pick your own apple place, but you can at least get up close and personal with the trees. Here’s a picture of our daughter holding a huge red apple hanging low on one of the trees:
Of all the various apples and apple products available at Barber Orchard Fruit Stands on Old Balsam Road in Waynesville, the apple cake is by far the best-selling item.
The cake itself consists mainly of flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, cloves, walnuts and heaping bowls of chopped apples. The cake itself changes with the seasons, based on the available apple variety available at the time. In August, the cake is made with ginger golds, then golden delicious. The end-of-season cakes are made with the rome variety.
Barber Orchard has been a staple in Haywood County since 1903, when Richard Barber Sr., Dick Barber’s father, ventured to Asheville by train and rented a horse and buggy, stumbling upon the Saunook community. Today, the orchard boasts 85 acres, and includes 20 different varieties of apples.
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