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…
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…