On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:49:18 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 11/06/2016 8:32 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:14:27 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> My S/M recently had a shipment of Cox's Orange Pippins, a "heritage"
>>> apple that one doesn't see here normally, in contrast to the UK. I
>>> bought some and WOW! Superb flavour and texture. The appearance wasn't
>>> exactly photogenic, which is probably why there were still some left the
>>> following week enabling me to stock up.
>>> I normally buy Galas but given the opportunity, the Coxes win out!
>>
>> Also my favourite eating apple, I have two of them in my orchard.
>> Cox's Orange Pippins are never a nice looking apple, but they make up
>> for it with the flavour. That is also true of most heritage varieties
>> compared to modern varieties.
>>
>Russets are another favourite of mine that occasionally appear briefly
>in the fall in some S/Ms.
>Graham

I haven't seen Pippins here but we do get russets in the fall, they
come and go very fast. An old farmer in the Annapolis Valley told me
years ago that just after the war ended Min of Ag ordered all old
trees cut down and replaced with MacIntoshes. They wanted
standardisation - great shame. He had managed to save one Bramley
they didn't spot