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In the early 1960s, a pear blight encouraged growers in and around Camino, CA to switch their production to apples. [4] Gene Bolster, who was an apple grower; Dick Bethell, El Dorado county's pomology specialist and farm advisor; Ed Delfino, the county's agricultural commissioner; and Bob Tuck, a retired army office, organized what is known today as the Apple Hill Growers Association.
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Camino is a popular area in the fall for apple picking. As a result, Camino is often incorrectly mistaken as Apple Hill. It is also known for its many Christmas tree farm ranches and the annual Apple Hill Run. Camino is located about halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe on U.S. Route 50. Its first post office opened in 1904. [3]
Crystal Creek Tree Farm at 2019 Cable Road, Camino, opened Saturday ahead of all of the other farms with a flat rate fee of $95 per tree, regardless of size or variety. The price includes tax and ...
“It’s kind of driving me nuts,” said Tom Heflin, 81, who co-founded the fruit farm, called Rainbow Orchards. Eric Hays, owner of Chateau Davell, pours wines for visitors in the tasting room ...
Gold Hill (formerly, Granite Hill) [2] is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Coloma, [2] at an elevation of 1621 feet (494 m). [1] Originally a mining district, Gold Hill became an important farming region once a canal was dug to the area from Hangtown Creek, near Placerville.
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Placerville (/ ˈ p l æ s ər v ɪ l /, PLASS-ər-vil; placer, Spanish for "sand deposit" and ville, French for "town") is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 10,747 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,389 as of the 2010 census.