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> 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.

Here there is one apple that will grow successfully in the deep south, like
Calabria. It's called Annurca. It has a very short season and doesn't keep
well at all. Delicious! The first year I tasted them I tried to keep some
and they went all floury and lost the spice parts of the flavor. Now I just
wait for them, eat them and cook with them that month and it's then over for
another year.