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APPLE SEASON is upon us! Our eyes spied a roadside stand with the word “Apples” while driving through western Vermont…
New England Apple Blossom Blizzard
IT IS APPLE BLOSSOM time in New England’s orchards. The bloom is about on schedule for a typical year, with varieties…
Peg’s Amazing New England Apple Squares
I HAVE COOKED with apples for many years and written about them almost as long. Still, it felt a little audacious…
A Midwinter’s Apple Read
WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED in books about apples, and four titles published between 1993 and 2012 have recently come our…
Green New England Apple Orchards
NEW ENGLAND’S APPLE ORCHARDS are the site of more and more solar and wind installations and other renewable energy systems. It…
‘Tis The Season For Apple Gifts
APPLES OF NEW ENGLAND (Countryman Press, 2014), a history of apple growing in New England, includes photographs and descriptions of…
The Case of the Pink Lady Apple (in Stir-Fry Salad)
PINK LADY has it all: a highly distinctive color; rich flavor; a glamorous name evoking the grenadine-laced cocktail of the…
Apple Pies! Pies! Pies!
MORE THAN 60 pies from around New England graced the tables at the 3rd Annual Great New England Pie Contest…
The Unsung Jonagold Apple
JONAGOLD is a bit of a mystery, more popular around the globe than here in the United States, where it…
Scenes From a New England Orchard (and Apple Hermits)
THE DAY BEGAN damp and dreary, but Bolton Orchards in Bolton, Massachusetts, was beautiful nonetheless on Sunday, with a few…
Assessing the 2012 New England Apple Crop (and Apple Muffins)
IT’S DIFFICULT to draw a single conclusion about this year’s New England apple crop. While the region’s diverse geography and microclimates…
Can’t Get Enough of Those Honeycrisp Apples
IF THERE IS such a thing as a rising superstar in the apple world, it is Honeycrisp. This variety has been…