Associated Press

Associated Press
FAMILY EVENT: Pam Taylor of Simpsonville, S.C., helps her 2-year-old daughter Abby pick a Macintosh apple from a tree at the Sky Top Orchard near Flat Rock, N.C. Originally a commercial apple orchard, Sky Top became a "U-pick" in the early 1980s.
KIDS JOINING IN: Grayson Taylor watches as his sister Kayla empties her small basket of Macintosh apples into a larger one. At right, their sister Abby sneaks a taste at the pick-your-own Sky Top Orchard in North Carolina's Western mountains.
SNACK BREAK: Grayson snacks on an apple as his sister Abby watches. The children were enjoying a day of picking apples with their family at an orchard in North Carolina.