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Monday, September 25, 1995     Page: 2A

BLOOMSBURG — A Luzerne County man won first place in the Bushel Basket of
Apples contest at the Bloomsburg Fair.
   
Greg Heller’s winning Idared apples were grown in his orchard, a
family-owned business in Wapwallopen started by his grandfather in 1919.
    Despite this summer’s drought, the apples fared well due to a prime
location and the recent installation of an irrigation system, Heller says.
   
The apples were judged on uniformity, color, texture, maturity and presence
of the stem on each apple, said Kent Shelhamer, superintendent of agriculture.