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Jeßus[_56_]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:41:48 -0300, wrote:

>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

I have a Bramley in the orchard but haven't used the fruit for cooking
as yet, the tree is still a bit young and not yielding a lot.