Petra Hildebrandt wrote:

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:15:43 -0700 Brian Mailman wrote
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William R. Watt wrote:


ah, the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia is famous for Gravenstein appl=
es

Very cool. I'm glad to know they aren't completely a Northern=20
California regional specialty; since the orchards are rapidly being=20
destroyed .
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actually, the Gravenstein apple or Gravensteiner is an apple from North=
ern
Germany/Denmark (just at the border) and still produced over here. It i=
s
namend after Schloss Gravenstein (Gr=E5sten castle).
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Because it is not an efficient pollinator, the variety is grown less an=
d
less... *sigh* but it is still one of my favorite apples.=20

Thanks for the info and aren't they just?

This year's apple butter I'm putting in a minimum of sugar, a bare=20
dusting of cardamom because of the deep penetrating aroma and a couple=20
splashes of almond extract. Of course, with the minimum of sugar (1 cup =

to 4 cups of puree) it really cooks down. I'm probably only going to=20
get 3 half-pints at most from 6 pounds. Another trip to Farmers' Market =

tomorrow (fingers crossed they're still in season) to gt maybe 20-25 poun=
ds.

B/