Our faithful reader suggested that we visit the big apple in Colborne. It is advertised as Colborne’s biggest apple. Not the World’s biggest apple, nor Canada’s biggest apple, nor even Ontario’s biggest apple. Just the biggest fake apple amongst the 2500 residents of Colborne. Although it is the only giant apple statue that comes up on Google, so maybe the people of Colborne are just overestimating the worldwide popularity of fake oversized apples.
It would be fairly easy to confuse with a big cherry, or a big red marble, so they labelled it.
It also has several features not normally associated with apples, like eyes. These humanlike features are presumably how he got his name, Mr. Applehead.
It is the happiest apple you have ever seen.
If you walk around to the backside, there is a hole you can walk into.
Inside is a bear eating two pies.
With his bear wife serving him yet another pie.
The second floor of the big apple is full of apple trivia.
On the 3rd floor you get the best view of Highway 401 for miles.
Definitely an important place to get a selfie.
You also get a closeup of the weird metal thing sticking out of the apple, and realize it is supposed to be a leaf.
Outside of the big apple is an apple orchard.
It has big apples.
There are also tons of other free activities at the Big Apple. Unfortunately for some reason Matt thought his Mom’s suggestion was dumb and didn’t come along, and it is hard to play ping pong by yourself.
Shuffleboard and Bocce ball are more feasible on your own, but not much fun. I was a bit confused how shuffleboard works on concrete. It seems like friction would be a big problem. But I didn’t want to ask for equipment to play all by myself.
There is a train ride but it did not seem to be operating.
They have a little creek where you can pan fossils, gemstones, artefacts, minerals, toys, basically you can pay them to bury anything you want in a pile of dirt so you can find it again. Oddly enough panning for apples was not an option.
There is a minigolf course where each hole represents a different variety of apple. Or at least that’s what the sign said. The holes themselves just seemed to have weird wooden animals around them.
There was a place to take cheesy pictures of yourself driving a tractor.
And of course a board with holes in it so you can take pictures of yourself as an apple. Though they looked more like tomatoes.
And then there was the petting zoo.
Where you could get way too close to a variety of animals.
Many of which were unlikely to want to be petted.
This llama didn’t spit at me.
Even when I got way too close.
Pigs are kind of cute.
Inside the building there are windows to view their pie factory.
And their booze factory.
And of course a huge giftshop where you can buy anything with apples.
Options include apple bread, apple butter, apple chutney, apple dumplings, apple biscotti, apple pancake mix, apple cheesecake, apple wood smoke flavoured cheeses, apple bars, apple rings, apple chips, apple cookies, apple pudding, apple doughnuts, apple soup, caramel apples, chocolate infused apple cider,and apple grilled cheese sandwiches.
Overall, Kerri was unimpressed by the Big Apple. Matt, on the other hand, thanks Mom for the suggestion and welcomes future requests.
