How to Eat a Fresh Apple
TWICE A DAY at least I reach into a paper bag in my refrigerator and pull out an apple. It…
What is the Best Pie Apple?
AFTER TWO MONTHS of intensive research, we are forced to admit failure — once again — in our perennial quest…
Fall Foliage in New England Orchards
THE ORCHARD is a beautiful place in all seasons. October is an especially good time to visit — there are…
A Quality 2014 Apple Forecast for New England (Plus Zestar! and Sweet Sixteen)
NEW ENGLAND expects a high-quality apple crop this fall with outstanding color as a result of the summer’s cool days…
Gearing Up for New England Ginger Gold Apples (and Green Tomatoes)
ONE OF THE BEST early season apples is a relatively new one, Ginger Gold. It was discovered in 1969 in…
New England Apple Growers Battle Pests with IPM (part 3 of 3)
OUR THREE-PART video series on integrated pest management (IPM) concludes with a look at one of its five basic principles: how…
New England Apple Growers Battle Pest with IPM (part 2 of 3)
PLUM CURCULIO, Oblique Banded Leaf Roller, and apple aphids are the featured pests as New England apple growers describe how…
New England Apple Growers Battle Pests with IPM (part 1 of 3)
FOR AS LONG as humans have cultivated the soil to grow the food that sustains them, a whole horde of…
Gingerbread Easy as Applesauce
A GREAT USE for our fall bounty of New England apples is also among the easiest to make: applesauce. All…
The Apple Party Known As CiderDays
CROWDS AS DIVERSE and far-flung as the apples they came to admire swarmed on Franklin County in western Massachusetts last…
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…
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…