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    Judy Alvarado tops an apple dumpling with whipped cream.
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    Felix Lester, 6, of Fortuna samples a Mutsu apple at Clendenen’s Cider Works in Fortuna.
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    Sierra Beauty’s ripen in the sun.
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    Rob Wall, of Fortuna picked up 3 gallons of cider. He’s been coming every year for about 10 years.
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    While there were some breaks in the crowd, the storefront was usually crowded with people picking up cider, apples and other items from Clendenen’s.
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    Don Jewett slices a Newton Pippin apple for samples at the Fortuna Apple Harvest on Sunday.
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    Peggy Shea said the apple dumplings were warm and delicious.
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    Dennis Doty samples an apple while talking with Don Jewett.
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    A row of Matsu apples ripen in the sun. According to Drew Clendenen, these were his grandpa’s favorite.
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    Apple Dumplings ready to serve.
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    Don Jewett, left and his brother Chris slice apples for samples at the Fortuna Apple Harvest on Sunday. Don has volunteered at Clendenen’s Cider works before, but his brother was volunteering for the first time.
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    Jennifer Tovar rings up a gallon of cider. This was Tovar’s 3rd season at Clendenen’s Cider Works.
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    Martha Spencer said that she has volunteered at Clendenen’s Cider Works in the past, but it was her first year running the tractor tour of the orchard.
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    Martha Spencer said that she has volunteered at Clendenen’s Cider Works in the past, but it was her first year running the tractor tour of the orchard.
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    Joy Frasier serves up an apple dumpling made with Sassy Mary’s Cinnamon Sauce. Fraiser started using her mother Mary Boehm’s recipe to cook up apple dumplings during the Apple Harvest in 2004.
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    Jonah Gold Apples filed a bin at the entrance to the cider works.
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    Lane Kennard picks up some Jonah Gold apples.
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    Tami Hall said she’d been coming to Clendenen’s every year since 1982. She lives two blocks away, making it easy to resupply.
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    Judy Alvarado tops an apple dumpling with whipped cream.
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    Clendenen’s apple cider
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    Rob Wall, of Fortuna picked up 3 gallons of cider. He’s been coming every year for about 10 years.
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    A rare lull in the crowd at the storefront.