Jason Morgan picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on Tuesday morning. He and 10 other first-year workers were learning the ropes from Sam Ricker and 50 other seasoned apple pickers on one of several of the farm’s properties in the area. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Norman Samuels picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on Tuesday morning. He and 10 other first-year workers were learning the ropes from Sam Ricker and 50 other seasoned apple pickers on one of several of the farm’s properties in the area. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Brian Coore picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on Tuesday morning. He and 10 other first-year workers were learning the ropes from Sam Ricker and 50 other seasoned apple pickers on one of several of the farm’s properties in the area. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Brian Coore picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on Tuesday morning. He and 10 other first-year workers were learning the ropes from Sam Ricker and 50 other seasoned apple pickers on one of several of the farm’s properties in the area. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Jason Morgan picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on Tuesday morning. He and 10 other first-year workers were learning the ropes from Sam Ricker and 50 other seasoned apple pickers on one of several of the farm’s properties in the area. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)