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Nice weather, 75th anniversary can’t mask challenges for festival

Samuel Crawford shows off an apple peeler and Paige Nichols and Mari Crawford tote apples and slushies they bought at Grandad’s Apples on Sunday. The family from Shelby was among those shopping at the apple stands on Chimney Rock Road on a busy Sunday.

By Bill Moss, Published: September 1, 2021

With good weather in the forecast and a 75th birthday to celebrate, the North Carolina Apple Festival would ordinarily be riding high when the event opens on Friday morning.

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