OH also Etana , compare the BJ's bulk apple to the local farmers market - size and price .......out around Kennesaw Mtn it gets kinda farmy ......... check on buying direct if there is an orchard or two .....buying a bushell or crate of fruit - bring your own 5 gallon plastic buckets - farmers hate to give up their wood bushells as they have to buy them and bringing your own bucket shows you understand this ......i have bought direct from farmers in south jersey but i was canning crates of fruit ....... crazy joe ...........who misses " Huston's " ha ha ha