On Saturday, April 7, at 10:30 am, The Lawrence Historical Society’s regular monthly open house at the 1761 Brearley House will offer a special springtime treat.  In the heritage apple orchard next to the house, Gary Mount, of Terhune Orchards, will demonstrate how to prune apple trees.  Mr. Mount, named 2005 New Jersey Apple Farmer of the Year, will be working among the trees he planted in 2000.  The trees bear varieties of apples known to be produced locally in 1761, when the Brearley House was built.  They were donated by the Lawrence Conservation Foundation.  It is rumored that Mr. Mount will be bringing some of the famous cider from Terhunes as well.

To show some of the many uses that frugal 18th century housewives made of their apples, Marie Meseroll will share some of her “receipts,” as recipes were called in those days.  Mrs Meseroll was formerly the Director of Foodways at Pennsbury Manor, William Penn’s country estate across the Delaware.

As always, members of the Lawrence Historical Society will be on hand to guide tours of the Brearley House from 10 am until noon.