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Looking for something to do this Saturday? Why not take a step back in time and visit the historic Sherwood-Jayne House, 55 Old Post Road, East Setauket on Saturday, Oct. 6? 

Preservation Long Island will offer docent-led tours between noon and 3 p.m. Originally built around 1730 as a lean-to salt box dwelling, the house and agricultural setting were maintained as an operational farmstead for over 150 years by members of the Jayne family. In 1908, Preservation Long Island’s founder, Howard C. Sherwood, acquired the property to showcase his lifetime interest in collecting, studying and living with antiques. The house contains period furnishings and features original late-eighteenth-century hand-painted floral wall frescoes. 

Admission is $5 adults, $3 children ages 7 to 14. Tours are also offered by appointment. For more information, call 631-692-4664.

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Children play games at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Children play games at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Children ride ponies at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Attendees check out the apple pie contest entries at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Musicians perform at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Attendees discover how to make cider at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Attendees enjoy a tractor ride at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
A volunteer cuts apples at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
A volunteer crushes apples to make apple sauce at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
A volunteer bakes the old-fashioned way at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr
Children play in the barn at the 2018 Long Island Apple Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm. Photo by Kyle Barr

Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Ginger Gold, no matter which apple catches your fancy, all were available to bite on as the nonprofit group Preservation Long Island, Homestead Arts and Benner’s Farm hosted the 29th annual Long Island Apple Festival Sunday, Sept. 30, at Sherwood-Jayne Farm in East Setauket.

Throughout the day, volunteers showcased how apples were used in colonial times for making applesauce, pies or cider, stuff that a man dressed as Johnny Appleseed said was “so good it will make your tongue slap your eyeballs.”

The event also included live folk music, hayrides, pony rides, games for kids, tours of the historical Sherwood-Jayne House and an apple pie baking contest.

Funds from the event went to Preservation Long Island to continue its efforts to maintain historical places like the Sherwood-Jayne property, among others.

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