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Apples Good As Gold
MOST PEOPLE think “red” when they think apple. The vast majority of apples feature the color, after all, and popular cultural…
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Heirloom Apples: A Bite of History
HISTORIANS, WRITERS, FILMMAKERS have tried in countless ways to imagine, preserve, and understand the past. Our connection to our ancestors informs…
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10 Overlooked Apples for Apple Lemon Cake
PART OF THE BEAUTY of New England’s orchards is their diversity, in size, location, crops, and, especially, their apple varieties. More…
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An Apple By Any Other Name
EMPIRE AND JONAGOLD, two of the best later-season apples, are now ready at New England orchards, farm stands, and grocery stores….
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Hot on the Orchard Trail (Macouns are in!)
THIS WEEKEND many orchards will begin harvesting Macoun, one of the most highly anticipated apples of the New England harvest. …
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The Most Prolific Apple
ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING things about the apple is how it connects us to our past. A history book, a…
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Good Now, Better Later: Idared and Suncrisp
SOME APPLES, like fine wines, improve with age. Two relatively new varieties, Suncrisp and Idared — are examples. Their flavor…
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Why the Iconic Apple?
CHANCES ARE you would not be reading this if I were writing about spinach or carrots. Healthy and delicious as…
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My Favorite Apple
NEXT TO “What is the best pie apple?” the question I am asked the most — and which I frequently…
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New England Apples on New England Apple Day
IT SEEMS ONLY FITTING to celebrate native New England apples on New England Apple Day Wednesday, September 3. The New England…