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| Pharsalia |
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| Cleaning an old-time apple cider press |
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| This table was filled with implements to peel apples. |
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| Making apple butter requires a watchful eye. |
TYRO, VA -- Time for something different. It was 'Apple Day' celebration at Pharsalia, a working plantation celebrating its 200th anniversary. It's been a year-long celebration, but Apple Day has been a part of the plantation's annual happenings for years. The main crop are apples and their byproducts: cider, apple butter and apple pie.
Another mainstay of the plantation is its use as a destination for weddings. The main buildings have been restored and are a history lesson in how life years ago.
(Named by it's owner, Major Thomas Massie, Pharsalia refers to an epic poem about a civil war between Julius Cesar and the Roman Senate.)
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