On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:39:36 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>
>> What was that topic in rfc chat all about and who were you talking to?
>> Everyone should know by this time that many apples are regional, maybe
>> pippins aren't available in your neck o' the woods.
>
>
>No biggie. Of course apples are regional... most produce is, even when it's
>carried across country by truck or train. JL posted some topic in the
>chatroom about pippins. I changed the chat topic from what JL had posted
>about pippins to let him know they're most likely more well known in CA.
>
>The only previous reference to pippins I've ever heard was in an interior
>monologue by Nancy Kelly (actor) in the 1956 B&W film, 'The Bad Seed'. "The
>pippins were falling from the trees." (She was hiding from her homicidal
>mother in an orchard.)
>
>I've never seen pippins in the south or southeast U.S. but then again, I
>wasn't actively looking for them
>
Pippins are one of those ubiquitous grocery store apples here. Very
common. People talk about certain East Coast or Midwest apples and
I'm left scratching my head wondering what the heck they are. I
finally saw a Honey Crisp, for instance. Bought it... and it wasn't
very good. Must have been farmed on the West Coast. To tell you the
truth, the only apple we get out here that can hold a candle to what's
produced in the rest of the country with "hard" winters is Pink Lady
and they aren't available yet.


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