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Jeßus[_56_]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:21:43 -0300, wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 05:44:25 +1000, Jeßus > 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.
>
>They make superb baked apples

So I have heard. Maybe the next season I'll have enough Bramleys to
find out.