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Apples in Joliet

Submitted by Guest on October 24, 2007 - 11:13.

I went to Apples on Oak in Joliet, which is 36 miles from downtown Chicago, and paid $1/pound for heirloom apples. Granted, there were no hayrides, haunted trails, or or petting zoos, but there was a large, friendly dog, and there were plenty of kids there enjoying themselves. The farm was plenty "cute." There were rolling hillsides, and most of the varieties were marked.

I can't stand these farms that charge $3.75 for a caramel apple - a markup of a hundred percent or more on the cost of ingredients.

BTW, how is $1/pound not a savings? My local produce market charges $1.75/pound for apples that are of far worse quality than the ones I picked.

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