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graham[_4_]

On 12/06/2016 1:44 PM, Je�us wrote:
> 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.
>
Have you ever come across "Laxton Superb" apples? I saw some in a
greengrocer's once. They are *huge* and probably each weigh at least 450g.
Graham