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Heritage Apple Day
Written By: Amelia Golcheski, Cashiers Historical Society | Issue: April 2025
The storied apples of the past get their day in the sun with Cashiers Historical Society’s Apple Heritage Day, Saturday, April 26, at the society’s orchard, 1940 Highway 107 South.
Celebrate springtime at Cashiers Historical Society’s Heritage Apple Day!
Every year, as the frost thaws and the crocus and daffodils shoot up from the ground, the Cashiers Historical Society celebrates the agricultural history of the Cashiers Valley at Heritage Apple Day. This annual event focuses on the rich role of apples in the culture of our area. Apples grow well in our cool mountain climate and Cashiers families have utilized apples for food, dessert, and drink for centuries.
Mordecai Zachary, who built the rustic Greek-Revival style home now known as the Zachary Tolbert House, built an apple orchard on his property. His daughter, Flora Jane, wrote, “my father had a nice orchard of apple trees, and I have been to the top of every one of them, and gathered some of the most delicious apples anybody ever tasted: Granny Rogers, Morgans, and other varieties.”
Today, the Cashiers Historical Society still has an apple orchard like the one the Zacharys had over 100 years ago.
This year, Heritage Apple Day is on April 26. We celebrate apples in springtime to highlight grafting and planting trees. Our event will be at the Cashiers Historical Society so you can see our orchard and tour our grounds.
We will have grafting, cider-making, traditional Appalachian music, Jack Tale storytelling, and an apple baking contest. Please visit our website to learn more about the event. We’re excited to welcome you back to CHS on April 26!