The Cult of Gravenstein
MANY HEIRLOOM APPLES have one or more flaws that keep them from mass cultivation. It may be that the variety…
Time to Get Hopping (to New England’s Apple Orchards)
THERE IS NOTHING like a day of orchard hopping to get the juices going about the 2015 apple crop. We…
My Favorite Apple
NEXT TO “What is the best pie apple?” the question I am asked the most — and which I frequently…
McIntosh Meets Cardamom
VERSATILE as apples are, I have not come across many recipes that combine them with the sweet spice cardamom. Though…
How to Eat a Fresh Apple
TWICE A DAY at least I reach into a paper bag in my refrigerator and pull out an apple. It…
What is the Best Pie Apple?
AFTER TWO MONTHS of intensive research, we are forced to admit failure — once again — in our perennial quest…
New England’s Insatiable Thirst for Apple Cider
A RENEWED INTEREST IN APPLE CIDER, fresh and hard, is evident wherever it is sold. Visitors to the New England…
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…
Five New England Apples from Japan
THE LIST of apples developed in Japan that have thrived in New England is short and sweet yet spans the…
Trans-Atlantic Flair: European Apples in New England
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES have produced only a few new apples in recent years. But several venerable heirlooms still grown in New…
Rare, Strange, and Delicious: English Apples in New England
IT HAS NOT PRODUCED a new apple for a century. Its apples are typically small — in one instance, no bigger than…
McIntosh Plus: New England Apples from Canada
IF McINTOSH were its sole contribution, Canada would occupy a special place among producers of New England apples. McIntosh has…