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cshenk

Je_us wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.

I have a Golden Delicious and a Granny Smith. (cross pollenators). I
am looking at my chart and a Fuji may make a nice 3rd one for a triple
pollenator if i read it right.

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