| Description: | From Julian Apple Days Festival Website: As part of Julians Apple Days Celebration, a two-day Apple Days Festival will be held September 24 & 25, 2016 at Menghini Winery featuring apple displays, music and dancing, an antique tractor display, childrens games and activities, gold panning demonstrations, a beer and wine garden, food and merchandise vendors, contests, and, of course, apple pie. The event runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, both Saturday and Sunday. The admission is $5 for adults with children 12 and under free of charge.
The first 250 people through the gate (paid admission only) each day receive a FREE pie server.
In 1907, Julian apples won the prestigious Wilder Medal, the highest award given by the American Pomological Society. Hard-working ranchers wanted to celebrate, town leaders wanted to interest outsiders in Julians future so preparations got underway for a great event, a harvest home, a fall festival undefined and they called it Apple Day. On October 9, 1909, colorful displays of various varieties of apples were set up in Town Hall, there was an all-night dance, free food, some speeches and a baseball game with Ramona. There was foot racing, rooster-pulling on horseback, and fancy riding tricks by individual horsemen. Newspaper accounts estimated the crowd from 200 to 2,000. Subsequent annual celebrations would attract upwards of 45,000 people.
Today, Julian Apple Days is no longer a single day event but a full two month celebration with a variety of daily activities, according to Tracy Turner, president of Julians Merchants Association. The Festival gives you a special weekend of fun.
The coronation for Mr. and Mrs. Apple Days will be held on Saturday.
Theres plenty of free parking for the Apple Days Festival available at Menghini Winery, located at the end of Farmer Road, about 2 miles out of downtown Julian. Last years festival attracted over 5,000 visitors.
The Apple Days celebration is planned by The Julian Merchants Association, a community group representing more than 90 merchants in the greater Julian area -- Julian, Wynola and Santa Ysabel in San Diego County's eastern mountains.
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