A Toast to Cider
RICH, FROTHY CIDER, fresh or hard, is as complex and variable as the fruit from which it is made. Now…
30 Shades of Apple
THE TIME FOR PICKING apples fresh off the tree is fast coming to a close. Many New England orchards operate…
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…
Great October Apples
SOME OF THE BEST APPLES of the New England harvest ripen in October. As days grow shorter and nights get cooler,…
Apple Growers Face COVID-19
NEW ENGLAND’S FRUIT GROWERS know what it is like to be vulnerable to the forces of nature. Whether it is…
Apple Pie, Cameos, and Trademarks
WHAT APPLE makes the best apple pie? Food writer Ken Haedrich, in his 2002 book Apple Pie Perfect, says that almost…
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…
In With the New (Cameo, CrimsonCrisp, and Topaz)
NEW APPLE varieties are continually being developed, some the old-fashioned way, as chance seedlings in the wild, and others in…