Chief Longwind Of The North
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What's your favorite all around apple, and why?
My wife loved red delicious, and golden delicious apples. They were very sweet, and had good texture. Bt over time, they lost some of that great texture and became a little, well, almost mealy, too soft. Then, all kinds of specialty apples began to show up on the shelves. Nany of the apples that I grew up with, like Johnathon, Pippins, and cortlands. I grew up with Cortlands growling in the back yard. Come September, eaten right off of the tree, cold, and crisp, they were amazing.
Now the store shelves are loaded with Fuji, Honeycrisp, and many others. Though they are tasty, what I have found is that most of them have their sweet flavor concentrated in the flesh that contacts the skin, with the deeper flesh more bland.
Of the newer varieties, I like Pink Ladies. They are firm, crisp, with good weight, and just the right balance of tart, and sweet. They are great for eating fresh, and stand up well for cooking. They make a very nice cider, apple sauce, and apple butter. I like to combine them with Jonathans in pies.
Unfortunately, they are a little harder to find on the store shelves than some others.
What's your favorite apple, and why?
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
My wife loved red delicious, and golden delicious apples. They were very sweet, and had good texture. Bt over time, they lost some of that great texture and became a little, well, almost mealy, too soft. Then, all kinds of specialty apples began to show up on the shelves. Nany of the apples that I grew up with, like Johnathon, Pippins, and cortlands. I grew up with Cortlands growling in the back yard. Come September, eaten right off of the tree, cold, and crisp, they were amazing.
Now the store shelves are loaded with Fuji, Honeycrisp, and many others. Though they are tasty, what I have found is that most of them have their sweet flavor concentrated in the flesh that contacts the skin, with the deeper flesh more bland.
Of the newer varieties, I like Pink Ladies. They are firm, crisp, with good weight, and just the right balance of tart, and sweet. They are great for eating fresh, and stand up well for cooking. They make a very nice cider, apple sauce, and apple butter. I like to combine them with Jonathans in pies.
Unfortunately, they are a little harder to find on the store shelves than some others.
What's your favorite apple, and why?
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North