We're just outside Cambridge at Center Grove Orchard, where they are in the business of fall fun.

In fact, it's so much fun, visitors might forget this is a working farm.

Let's go explore.

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To really get to know this place, we have to go back to where it all began -- the apples.

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All right, Deanna.

We've got a lot more than an orchard going on here.

There's a ton of activities.

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[ Music continues ] Kohlsdorf: Now an icon of agritainment, the Black family has grown their apple business into an experience that honors life on the farm.

Center Grove Orchard is open the first weekend in September through the first weekend of November, with special events, like strawberry picking in late spring and holiday shopping at the country store through December.

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