1) Golden Russet:
This apple wears leiderhosen and gold. In summers like ours, when the sun can dry sweet peppers on the plant and turn grapes to raisins in a day, leiderhosen may be what this apple, hailing from New York sometime before 1845, needs. My young tree gave me three beautiful, squat fruit; Emilio and I have eaten two, and one, heavy on its small branch, still hangs on the tree. While the texture of the two we've tried hasn't been perfect, perhaps a bit corky but not at all mushy, the flavor was amazing: spicy, tangy, winey, complex. This isn't a grocery store apple, nor an overly sweet Fuji (though those have their place). This is an apple that tastes like a season.
2) Wickson:
I wish I could have known the apple's creator. In the absence of time travel, I'll be satisfied with this gift he's passed down to me through time.
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If you'd like to see what other people across the world are harvesting this time of year, join the Harvest Monday party at Daphne's Dandelions.
7 comments:
I love that you know these things. Only recently I've learned the history of what we're eating adds a new dimension.
Those sound like interesting apples. I'm going to be planting two trees next spring, but they are both more modern varieties. I just hope they do well here.
Christina, I love reading about how much you put into your plot of land--and how much it gives back to you.
We have a good apple harvest this year on this side of the pond this year.
Thank goodness I've just been offered a review copy of The Apple and Pear Cookbook :)
Thanks for your visit over at my place.
AH: I'm a slut for historical foodstuffs, what can I say?
Daphne: I hope the new apples do well for you at the new garden.
VP: Oooh, I look forward to seeing what you do with your crop.
Sweet talker.
Terry B.: I'm glad you enjoy it. I thought of you with the Golden Russets and the recipe you posted with them.
AH: Hee hee!
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