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Nicole Kidman must always be at the top of the list of things for which we must thank Australia.
Yes, I forgive the little tom cruise misadventure.
No adversary is worse than bad advice.
Fuji, Braeburn.
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Wild Apples, HENRY DAVID THOREAU NOVEMBER 1862 (LINK)
The flowers of the apple are perhaps the most beautiful of any
tree's, so copious and so delicious to both sight and scent. The
walker is frequently tempted to turn and linger near some more
than usually handsome one, whose blossoms are two-thirds
expanded. How superior it is in these respects to the pear,
whose blossoms are neither colored nor fragrant!
By the middle of July, green apples are so large as to remind us
of coddling, and of the autumn. The sward is commonly
strewed with little ones which fall still-born, as it were,—Nature
thus thinning them for us. The Roman writer Palladius said,
—“If apples are inclined to fall before their time, a stone placed
in a split root will retain them.” Some such notion, still
surviving, may account for some of the stones which we see
placed to be overgrown in the forks of trees. They have a saying
in Suffolk, England,—
"At Michaelmas time, or a little before,
Half an apple goes to the core."
Early apples begin to be ripe about the first of August; but I
think that none of them are so good to eat as some to smell.
One is worth more to scent your hand-kerchief with than any
perfume which they sell in the shops. The fragrance of some
fruits is not to be forgotten, along with that of flowers. Some
gnarly apple which I pick up in the road reminds me by its
fragrance of all the wealth of Pomona,—carrying me forward to
those days when they will be collected in golden and ruddy
heaps in the orchards and about the cider-mills.
A week or two later, as you are going, by orchards or gardens,
especially in the evenings, you pass through a little region
possessed by the fragrance of ripe apples, and thus enjoy them
without price, and without robbing anybody.
There is thus about all natural products a certain volatile and
ethereal quality which represents their highest value...
Hope the voyage is a long one.
May there be many a summer morning when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors seen for the first time...
Ithaka, by Cavafy
(Keeley - Sherrard translation)
Love apple pie/crisp; generally *we* mix grannys with some other. Honey Crisp, pink lady, fuji, are all readily available, and good. But most aren't aware of how many varieties we used to have - and have, to a great extent, lost.
http://www.applesearch.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/g...macintosh.html
There's a lot of things they didn't tell me when I signed on with this outfit....
My wife buys a variety of apples. Whatever is for sale. I like them all.
Life is complex.
Knew a couple of old time cider (hard) makers and they always wanted russet apples. Having tasted it they probably knew what they we're doing. A very old variety that you see growing in a lot of overgrown orchards in the north east. Have tried some of the new "craft" ciders, not even close to the old stuff.
Apple Bottom Jeans of course.
Be wary of your critics, at peace with your decisions, and work hard to be a better man.
Gala.
Gerard>
Freeland, WA
Next election, vote against EVERY Republican, for EVERY office, at EVERY level. Be patriotic, save the country.
Royal Gala & Winesap.
Why can't I get varietal cider like I can get varietal wine?
On the trailing edge of technology.
http://www.scribd.com/johnmwatkins/documents
http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/
https://ssl-secure-server.net/cl/StoreNumber_2555/
With no mention of The Big (apple)
They'll be around somewhere, keep looking. They are a short season apple with poor presentation so are rare on the shelves here too.
I have a Braeburn tree, fresh from the tree they are tarter and much less sugary
We don't know how lucky we are....
Not exactly. According to Wikipedia and many other sources, Maria Ann Smith emigrated from Sussex England to Eastwood, New South Wales Australia. The first plant was found among a pile of discarded cores of crab apples from Tasmania.
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Cortlands & Arkansas Blacks..
There was a tree on an old farm here in TN.. gone for years now, but had some splotchy green skinned apples started out tart & mellowed to sweet.. never did get their name & both the old woman & her farm (& tree) are long gone.. sooo, if there are any mid s'therneres who care to weigh in with possibilities, I'm all ears.. er, Eyes!