When to Eat a Yellow Transparent
WHEN DO YOU EAT a Yellow Transparent apple? The short answer: soon. That’s because their season is short, and they do…
Sizing Up the Apples
APPLE SEASON is just weeks away. The earliest varieties, heirlooms like Red Astrachan and Yellow Transparent, in fact, will be ready for picking within…
As Apples Size, It’s Raining Berries
IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, apple season will begin. The earliest varieties — heirlooms like Red Astrachan and Yellow Transparent, and newer…
The Duchess is Waiting
THERE ARE TWO TYPES of early season apples: heirlooms that were once valued for extending the season, and newer varieties…
A Fireworks of Fruit
FOR MANY New England orchards, the fresh apple harvest is the grand finale to a seasons-long explosion of colorful and flavorful…
Apple Season Has Arrived!
WELCOME to the 2020 apple season — and to our weekly apple blog. New posts will be published before every weekend…
Duchess of Oldenburg
Duchess of Oldenburg is a stunning apple, with beautiful, yellow-and-red striped skin. Its flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp, and juicy.…
Time to Get Hopping (to New England’s Apple Orchards)
THERE IS NOTHING like a day of orchard hopping to get the juices going about the 2015 apple crop. We…
Early Heirloom Apples: Red Astrachan, Melba, and Yellow Transparent
THE APPLE’S unparalleled versatility as a food is well documented. Apples are good eaten fresh or cooked, can be served…
Meet the Duchess of Oldenburg Apple
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG was one of four pioneers among Russian apples in America, along with Alexander, Tetofsky, and Red Astrachan….
Meet the Duchess of Oldenburg apple
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG was one of four pioneers among Russian apples in America, along with Alexander, Tetofsky and Red Astrachan. All…