Visit a participating orchard, find the wooden apple, win an iPad!

Small Dog Electronics logoIn this technology-meets-agriculture campaign, now in its 12th year, sixteen specially marked wooden apples have been hidden at sixteen pick-your-own apple orchards across the state. Lucky apple pickers are expected to find the wooden apples to be redeemed for an Apple iPad mini 4.

Adams Apple Orchard 2017 iPod winners

Owner John Adams with 2017 iPod Winners at Adams Apple Orchard

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This good-natured promotion of Vermont’s working landscape is in partnership with Small Dog Electronics, the Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association, and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture. The program began in 2007 as an incentive to attract families—including teens—to visit apple orchards. The program has been incredibly successful, and families have continued their visits to orchards, taking home nearly one million bushels of apples for healthy snacks over the past eleven years.

Visiting Vermont’s apple orchards is a long-standing tradition for many, and Apples to iPads makes it even more fun for families. Apple picking is truly a “sweet” experience during Vermont’s beautiful fall foliage season.

Vermont’s nearly 4,000 acres of commercial apple orchards produce leading apple varieties: McIntosh, Cortland, Red Delicious and Empire. Honeycrisp, a relatively new variety is a new favorite among teens and their parents. Sixty Vermont orchards produce nearly 1 million bushels of apples annually, valued at approximately $15 million.