Apple Orchard Upzoning

Or, teaching fruit trees to grow up

Earlier this month, my wife and I took a drive up to Thurmont, Maryland, to go apple picking. Thurmont is north of Frederick, not far from the state line with Pennsylvania. It’s a remote part of Maryland that I didn’t really ever drive through or think about, until my parents suggested a toll-free, light-traffic route to New Jersey that passed through t…