Super cute, small town! Being the 172nd largest town in Washington State, with a population of 3,202, you still have an opportunity to meet new people, but you also get to meet some really cool lifelong residents who take pride in the Cashmere way of life.
Aplets and Cotlets, you’ve either had them, and love them, or have had them and didn’t know what they were called. Or maybe you are rarity and haven’t tried them at all! Well lucky for you, you can!
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March 17, 2021 12:36 PM Erin Robinson
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CASHMERE, Wash. Liberty Orchards Company, the makers of Aplets and Cotlets, will close operations by June.
The company was founded in 1920 by two Armenian immigrants, Mark Balaban and Armen Tertsagian, who bought a small apple orchard near Cashmere and used their surplus of fruit to create Aplets.
Aplets are an apple and walnut confection based on Locoum, a famous Near East candy known as Turkish Delight. Just a few years later, they introduced Cotlets, made of apricots and walnuts.
Liberty Orchards Company has been managed by three generations of family members since its founding. The founders’ legacy was carried into the second generation by John Chakirian and Richard Obadashian, who ran the business from 1956 into the 1980. Greg Taylor, the grandson of Armen Tertsagian, has served as the company’s President since then.