It's peak season for apple picking and at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick, Massachusetts, the orchard was packed with families taking in the picture-perfect weekend weather Sunday.

"It's a little warmer that traditional apple picking, I remember putting on a flannel and jeans, it's a gorgeous day, can't beat it," Charles Husak said.

Laura Neville said these next eight weeks are ripe and rich for apple picking and every weekend thousands will come through for outdoor dining, the tap room and the market.

"We make or break the entire year based off of September and October. Local farming depends on beautiful days and short season here in New England," Neville said. "The lack of rain's been challenging but we've been very fortunate, we have a large yield in our crop this year."

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