Delivering the Apples for Thanksgiving
NEW ENGLAND APPLE GROWERS can sometimes seem a pessimistic lot. No matter what time of year you talk to them, their…
Apple Season in Full Swing
IT WAS A GREAT DAY Saturday for apple lovers of all ages as they flocked to New England apple orchards…
Meet the Apples and Artists
TWO OF NEW ENGLAND’s leading strengths — the diversity of its apples and orchards, and its preeminence in ciders — will…
A Good Crop of Apples (and Art)!
NEW ENGLAND EXPECTS a good apple crop in 2021, a welcome development after last year’s smaller-than-normal one. Apple growers face a…
The Duchess is Waiting
THERE ARE TWO TYPES of early season apples: heirlooms that were once valued for extending the season, and newer varieties…
Apple Pie Times
IT’S NO WONDER that we have felt apple-pie deprived this fall. Consider: FORTUNATELY, Joanne DiNardo and Nina Scott came to the…
Russets: Small Size, Big Flavor
THEY ARE AMONG the most flavorful of apples. They excel in ciders, fresh and hard. Yet russet apples remain a mystery…
Great October Apples
SOME OF THE BEST APPLES of the New England harvest ripen in October. As days grow shorter and nights get cooler,…
Apple Rhapsody
“A WORD OF CAUTION to those entering an apple orchard for the first time: the experience can be overwhelming. Apples are…
Red Apple Farm Turns 100; McIntosh Apples Ready!
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, and an early crop make this a perfect time for apple picking. McIntosh, the region’s most…