Apple Tree Inn, the nightly gathering place of all Winslow residents, and in many ways the core of the town's happiness, always had a warm fire crackling on the hearth and was known for its good cider and company.

Clara Diane Thompson
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The Apple Tree Inn was a pub in Winslow, Maine, that was mentioned in Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Return of the Native" (1878). The inn was one of several places where rural characters in the book gathered together to share ideas and exchange news. It is said that the Apple Tree was always full of people who talked about their lives and how they felt about them.

Source: Five Glass Slippers

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