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Winning Apple Pies
CONGRATULATIONS to the wife-and-husband team of Lori and Michael Meiners and their four-year-old son, Jack, winners in this year’s Great…
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A Corail is a Pinova, an Apple Crostata is Like a Galette
APPLE VARIETIES have a long tradition of having multiple names. Before it became Baldwin, the apple was known as Woodpecker,…
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The Apple Pies of Our Eyes
THE APPLE’S unique status as a cultural icon takes on special meanings in America when baked in a pie. Apple…
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Apple Pie Time
GET READY to reset your inner clocks this weekend, and turn up your ovens. With the holidays less than a…
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The Classic All-purpose Cortland
THERE MAY NOT BE a better all-purpose apple than Cortland. It has long been known for its excellence in pies….
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New England Apples from the USA
THE AMAZING APPLE has traveled back and forth across America since its arrival in New England in 1623, and nearly…
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Winning Apple Pies Feature Golden Delicious, and a Mix
JUDGING BEGAN earlier this year, late morning rather than early afternoon, and that meant a change in routine. Like a…
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Apple Pies! Pies! Pies!
MORE THAN 60 pies from around New England graced the tables at the 3rd Annual Great New England Pie Contest…
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Scenes From a New England Orchard (and Apple Hermits)
THE DAY BEGAN damp and dreary, but Bolton Orchards in Bolton, Massachusetts, was beautiful nonetheless on Sunday, with a few…
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Pears with Apples (Like Shamrock, Honeycrisp, and Hudson’s Golden Gem)
PEARS PLAY a supporting role to apples in New England. You never hear of a pear orchard with a few apple…
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Notes From an Apple Pie Judge
THIRTY-FIVE APPLE PIES in less than two hours. I paced myself this year, taking two bites from each — just…