With fall in full swing, students at Dennis M. Kenney Middle School recently learned about apples during an agriculture lesson.

Mike Hacker, vice president of sales and marketing at Fowler Farms, talked to students about every aspect of the apple growing process. He detailed the planting procedure right up through the sales and storage aspects. Hacker also talked about different variety of apples and how weather affects the crop.

“When the nights are really cold and the days are warm, that helps the crop,” he said. “The bigger swings in night and day temperatures help with the ripening process.”

Students had an opportunity to sample several varieties of apples and noted the differences in taste and texture of each, while Hacker explained how each is marketed and sold.