January 17, 2002
(vol. 112, iss. 60)
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… a comput- er, contemplating the afternoon's grocery purchases for dinner. My friends never comprehended my skewed perception of the family and constantly questioned the peculiarities of my life. What…
… action that takes place early on at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market in Kerrytown. Vendors from near and far (far as in over an hour away) arrive in Ann Arbor early enough to set up tables to sell apples…
… practically empty and the only fruit for sale was apples, which makes sense due to the limitations from cold weather. I soon learned that the majority of the market commotion takes place very early, even before…
… the selling begins. "My best apples are gone by 7 (a.m.). Some people even get here at 6 (a.m.) to buy apples to take with them to work," explained Alex Nemeth, a vendor whose fam- ily has been coming…
… to Ann Arbor from its orchard to participate in the selling for over 70 years. While many of his apples had already been purchased, he still had an abundance of Red Delicious and Jonathan apples (a…
… tart apple cleverly named after apple pioneer Johnny Appleseed). One would think that Nemeth is the most successful due to his prices being the lowest at the market, but he still insisted that "There…
… really isn't any competition between the apple vendors." Like Nemeth, many of the vendors come from fami- lies which have been connected to the market or farming for many years. Chelsea resident Nancy…
… away. I considered finding Alex Nemeth so that I could pur- chase the biggest apple and throw it at the honey guy, but I resisted. The Farmer's Market is not a place for brawling. It is a place where…