This Blue Ridge Parkway Roadside Stop Is Famous For Its Fried Apple Hand Pies—And They Take 3 Days To Make

This Blue Ridge Parkway Roadside Stop Is Famous For Its Fried Apple Hand Pies—And They Take 3 Days To Make

My first job was at Mountain Fruit and Produce, the perfect stop before or after a hike or drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Credit: Lydia Mansel“Orchardist turns entrepreneur” read a headline in the July 18, 1990, edition of the Bedford Bulletin. Officially announcing the opening of Mountain Fruit and Produce, the story detailed the latest endeavor from Ronnie Gross, then 28, a fifth-generation fruit grower whose family has long farmed at the…