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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Duchess is Waiting
THERE ARE TWO TYPES of early season apples: heirlooms that were once valued for extending the season, and newer varieties…
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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…
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Apple Season Has Arrived!
WELCOME to the 2020 apple season — and to our weekly apple blog. New posts will be published before every weekend…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…