On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:35:45 -0600, graham > wrote:

>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.

Bloody hell! You'd need to be Julia Roberts to take a bite out of one.