MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - Monday marks the first day of Autumn, and families were getting a jump start on celebrating the season at Allen’s Orchard in Marion.

The orchard offered over 15 varieties of apples from people to pick from.

Each type of apple tree was marked with different colored ribbon.

One mother took her four children to the orchard on Sunday.

She said it was the third time her family has visited this season because her children eat pounds of apples each year.

“It’s a lot. At least the weight of one of my kids I would have to assume,” mother Katelyn Bradfield said with a laugh.

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