The orchard is best early, before the day warms up. The grass is still cool, the rows of trees run off in every direction, and the whole place smells like apples before you have picked a single one. Somewhere a basket is waiting to be filled.
These apple coloring pages follow one orchard afternoon from start to finish. Color them in any order you like. But taken together they walk through a whole day: into the trees, up a ladder, past the farm stand, and home to a pie cooling on the sill.
Into the orchard rows
The first thing you notice is how many trees there are. They stand in long rows with apples hanging low enough to reach and high enough to need a stretch. You pick a row and start walking, looking for the tree that looks just right.
Reach for the high ones
The best apples always seem to be one branch too high. That is what the ladder is for, or a boost, or a very long arm. You cup an apple in your hand, give it a twist, and it comes loose with a soft snap. Into the basket it goes.
Not every apple is red
Line up what you picked and no two look quite the same. Some are deep red, some are streaked with gold, some are green all the way through, and one has a small hole where a worm decided to move in first. This is the page to break out of the red crayon habit.
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At the farm stand
Every orchard has a stand near the gate, stacked with baskets and crates and a hand-painted sign. This is where the apples turn into other things: cider by the jug, caramel apples on sticks, a bag to carry home. Many orchards share a lane with a pumpkin patch, so one trip can fill two baskets.
Back home, into the pie
The day ends in the kitchen. The apples get peeled and sliced, the whole room goes warm and sweet, and a pie comes out with a lattice top and steam rising off it. The basket by the door is a little lighter, and there are already plans to go back next week.
Thousands of apples, one basket
The apples at the orchard are only a tiny sample of what is out there. Growers around the world tend thousands of different varieties, far more than any single farm could plant, which is part of why no two baskets ever look the same.
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Print the whole orchard day
Ready to head out? Print the pages in order for a full day at the orchard, from the first tree to the last slice of pie, or pull out just the ones your crew wants to color. The basket is ready whenever you are.
