The RagApple Lassie Story – Part 3

By the time school was over for the year I had learned to walk and run really well, so my human, Frank, Jr., and I began training for the calf “Olympics.”  He taught me how to follow him, to stop and stand with my legs even and then to start again with my right foreleg.  [...]

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The RagApple Lassie Story – Part 2

I loved growing up on the farm.  There was a big warm barn to sleep in at night and nice green pastures to play in during the day.  The sky was so blue, the grass so green and there was even a  mountain in the distance with a little nob on top.  There were lots [...]

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The RagApple Lassie Story – Part 1

It was a cold February day and I was a newborn calf on the Hobson Farm in Boonville.  A funny little boy named Frank, Jr., whose daddy owned the farm, watched with excitement as I stood up on my wobbly legs trying to show the other cows and calves that I could too walk! As [...]

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The History of RagApple Lassie – Part 3

Choosing a name for the vineyard is a good example.  When Frank, Jr., was courting Lenna, he told her so much about RagApple Lassie, his Grand Champion Show Calf, that she instinctively knew the affection they shared.  So when choosing a name for their vineyard and winery, the opportunity to combine the farm heritage of [...]

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The History of RagApple Lassie – Part Two

As Frank. Jr., began all the preparations,– soil tests, soil amendment, choosing and ordering plants (which must be done one year in advance of planting), locating supplies for end posts, trellising poles, trellising wire, etc., etc., etc.,– other area farmers would stop by his store (S & H Farm Supply, which he and Alex Shugart [...]

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The History of RagApple Lassie – Part One

Frank W. Hobson, Jr., has lived in Yadkin County, North Carolina, his entire life and is the third generation of Hobsons to farm the same land.   Growing up, Frank, Jr., — and he is always referred to as Frank, Jr., as opposed to Frank (Sr.) his father, and Frank, III, his son, by everyone (including [...]

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