Granny Smith apple

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…

Tasty, Tangy Apple Cornbread Stuffing

ADRIENNE ANIFANT WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I would wait all year for Thanksgiving so I could indulge in my…

30 Shades of Apple

THE TIME FOR PICKING apples fresh off the tree is fast coming to a close. Many New England orchards operate…

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…

Apples for All Ages and Places

IF, as the English poet and hymnodist William Cowper (1731-1800) said, “Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all…

Winning Apple Pies

CALL IT beginner’s luck. “It was the first attempt I ever made at writing my own recipe and baking an…

A Tale of Two Delicious Apples

THEY ARE BOTH mostly sweet, conical in shape, late-season apples. Their names are identical except for their predominant coloring. They…

Mother apples (Russell Steven Powell photo)
Why the Iconic Apple?

CHANCES ARE you would not be reading this if I were writing about spinach or carrots. Healthy and delicious as…

New England Apples from Down Under

THE LIST OF APPLES grown in New England that originated in Australia and New Zealand is short, with just two…