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Delivering the Apples for Thanksgiving
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Mutsu (Crispin)
Mutsu is an excellent dessert, salad, and cider apple. It has a sweet, light flavor when cooked, and it holds its shape well. Mutsu can grow quite large (a pie may require as few as three apples). Its skin is yellow with a slight orange blush, and the flesh is white to pale yellow.
Discovered: 1930, Japan
Parentage: Golden Delicious x Indo
Harvest: Late Season
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The 2023 New England Apples wall calendar is here!
Every month features:
- Beautiful photographs of New England orchards by Cosmo LaViola, Russell Steven Powell, and Bar Lois Weeks (plus front and back covers — 14 in all);
- Photographs and descriptions of a different apple; and
- A health tip about the benefits of eating apples.
Inside the back cover is a list of orchards, complete with contact information and websites.
Order yours by sending $10 to:
New England Apples, PO Box 41, Hatfield, MA 01038
Price includes postage and handling.
Or better yet, support New England’s apple growers by becoming a member of New England Apple Association, and receive a calendar as our gift!
New England Apples individual membership form
For more information, write to info@newenglandapples.org.