I’m excited to be a vendor at the Hamilton Apple Day Festival for the first time this year! The history is facinating and when I saw that it had been described as the “the biggest bake sale under the Big Sky” I knew I had to be involved. The day will be filled with apple goods of all sorts, artists and vendors, live music and a kickoff to fall that is not to be missed :)

History of the event is:

The Great Apple Boom: From 1866 - 1924, investors coming into Montana from as far out as Chicago and New York, were buying up parcels of land to grow crops of McIntosh Apples. These juicy, red fruits were known to grow very well in the Bitter Root Valley, but not in other places. Because of their tartness, McIntosh apples were known far and wide to be one of the best apples for pies. By 1924 many orchards had gone out of business due to hail damage, frost and irrigation issues leading to crop failures. However, the fame of “Montana Macs” endure today through a few local orchards that survived and thrived, and through McIntosh Apple Day. Ravalli County Museum’s well loved apple festival is known everywhere as ”The Biggest Bake Sale Under the Big Sky.”

The gallery of what’s coming with me is below! Come bring in the fall with a good ol fashioned sugar coma with me!