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Apples and Climate Change
WHEN IT COMES TO APPLES and climate change, people tend to think of major weather events. Three significant events combined to…
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Apple Windfall
BY MID-OCTOBER every year our house is brimming with apples and flowing with cider. The apples run the gamut from early…
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It’s Peak Time in the Orchard
MOST NEW ENGLAND APPLE GROWERS feature a range of varieties, including classics like Cortland and McIntosh that ripen in early to mid-September, and popular…
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A Delectable Apple Valentine
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THINGS SWEET with your honey this Valentine’s Day (or if you just have a sweet tooth), try…
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Baking with Apples for the Holidays
IT IS NO WONDER that apples feature prominently in holiday celebrations. They represent the bounty of the year’s harvest. They brighten…
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Peeling Back An Apple’s Name
APPLE NAMES are as diverse — and informative and curious — as the fruit they describe. Early marketers tried to distinguish…
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Finding Your Favorite Apple
ONE OF THE GREAT VIRTUES of New England’s apple orchards is their diversity. Every orchard is different in landscape, growing style,…
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What’s So Special About A New England Apple?
THERE ARE MANY REASONS to choose locally grown apples. Almost any fruit or vegetable, from strawberries to tomatoes, tastes better the…
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Great New England Apples
FEBRUARY IS AN IDEAL TIME to seek out New England-grown apples and ciders at farm stands, farmers markets, and grocery stores….
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Fresh Apples, French Apple Tart, and Our 2022 Calendar
I TAKE AN APPLE with me whenever I walk, and I walk every day. I forget about it until I am more…
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Awash with Apples
NEW ENGLAND ORCHARDS that escaped the late frost in part or full — and they are the vast majority —…
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30 Shades of Apple
THE TIME FOR PICKING apples fresh off the tree is fast coming to a close. Many New England orchards operate…