"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Julia Altshuler wrote:
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>> Darryl wrote:
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>>> However, I've noticed a horrible trend in the last 2 years:
>>> Braeburns are getting bigger.
>>>
>>> They've almost tripled in size, and the color has changed. They're
>>> getting candy-apple red, & the size of melons.
>>>
>>> This wouldn't be so bad except they are getting sweeter & mushier.
>>> It's as if they're trying to create an apple that has the shallow
>>> sugar-water taste of a Delicious & the mushy consistency of a Granny
>>> Smith.
>>
>>
>> Is it possible that the problem isn't the growers' breeding of the apple
>> but the shippers' and handlers' storage of the apple? This is February.
>> Apples grown in North America have been in storage since October. Apples
>> grown in New Zealand have traveled a long way. I always hate apples this
>> time of year and go back to liking them in August.
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> apples this time of year are for pies.
>
> what's everyone's favorite pie apple? goodhousekeeping's recommending
> northern spy, and a bunch of other old varieties.
>
> me, i tend to use jonagolds and jonathans.
>
> Lena

Cortlands work well, if you like a tart apple.