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    Frances Killea and Heath McCarthy of Appleton check out some trees in the Portersfield Cider farm nursery in Pownal during a tour Sunday. The Maine Fare festival returned Sunday with the sold-out tasting tour at the nursery.

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    Portersfield Cider owner David Buchanan, left, shows one of the trees in the nursury of his Pownal farm. The Maine Fare festival offers six food-related events during June, including the Portersfield event.

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    Buchanan, center, gives a tour in the tree nursery Sunday. The Maine Fare festival took a year off last season so organizers could rethink the event. The two-day festival in Belfast had become so big that organizers feared their message became diluted.

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    Glasses of Portersfield Dry Cider are served during a tour of the Pownal farm. The Maine Fare festival ends June 25 with a dinner at the Freight Shed in Bath.

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    Participants at the tasting tour at Porterfield Cider.

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    People gather at Portersfield Cider ahead of Sunday's tour. The event was one of the "more intimate, hands-on settings" envisioned by organizers of the Maine Fare festival for this year's event.

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