On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:55:05 -0400, Dave Smith
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>We used to have apple orchards next to us. The one that was right next
>door was in active production and the older one behind that was being
>half assed tended by that same farmer. Back in the far corner there was
>a snow apple tree. They are very special apple, picked very late in the
>season and have white flesh, sometimes with pink it them. I rarely eat
>apples but I used to love to grab an apple off the tree and have a snack.

Wow! I truly miss snow apples. I haven't seen those since I left
Wisconsin. We'd take Sunday afternoon drives around the countryside
and stop at farms that had signs out at the gate advertising apples.
We would buy 3-4 bushels of apples of different kinds -- some for
applesauce, some for eating right now and some we would wrap in
newspaper and store in the cool, dark basement for winter eating. We'd
also get winter squash and corn stalks. My mother always let me pick
out the winter squash and I would pick the ones with the oddest shapes
and most beautiful colors. The corn stalks were free.
The on the way home we would look for things growing in the roadside
on bushes -- various nuts, berries and we'd always looked for
bittersweet (my mom decorated with it)
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Janet US