<sigh> Years ago, my father sent me a generic xmas basket
of fruit from the midwest and I almost cried because it
tasted sooooo good!

Western apples (even Washington St.) are a mere shadow of
flavor compared to midwest apples. I don't have a clue what
eastern apples are like, but they have to be better than
western apples.

BTW: I read somewhere that apple types tend to be regional,
so where they are plentiful they are probably the tastiest.

Of course that's changing these days, but it used to be the
case.

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On 7 Feb 2005 22:27:57 -0800, "Leila"
> wrote:

> Yer West Coast apple selection is just different from yer East Coast. I
> remember lovely apples in NY at the farmers' markets that I don't see
> here.
>
> The best apples I have had in California were some green/yellow ones,
> don't know the name, bought at the Oakland farmer's market one year. I
> took a bite right there by the stand and asked the farmer - are you in
> the mountains? Yes, he's in the Sierra foothills. Do you get snow? Sure
> do.
>
> After too many years of eating frost-free California apples, I could
> taste what winter does to an apple tree. It's totally worth it.
>
> So one more question besides what variety of apple would be - where is
> it grown, and do they have cold winters? Does it freeze?
>
> I, too like Fujis but they do vary in size, texture and flavor. Also
> non-organic apples often have so much wax and other coatings on them
> that the flavor is ruined.
>
> Leila


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