Every Year, Scott Farm welcomes visitors of all ages, from near and far, for Heirloom Apple Day-a one-day celebration of apples of all shapes, colors, tastes and their histories! In 2024 we gathered on Sunday, October 13th for our 21st Annual Heirloom Apple Day.

Tastings, Talks, Activities

We were overjoyed and honored to welcome John Bunker as our keynote speaker this year.

John Bunker is an orchardist, pomologist, and "apple explorer."An expert on American apples and their history, he is one of the founders of the mail-order nursery Fedco Trees, a division of the cooperative Fedco Seeds. For most of his life, he has worked to preserve rare old apple varieties from across Maine and the New England region. In 2012, he founded the Maine Heritage Orchard in Unity, Maine, a ten-acre preservation educational orchard of Maine's historic apple and pear varieties. John’s fascinating findings and musings can be read on his orchard blog “Out on a Limb”.

Schedule of talks and tastings: