On 2013-09-23 4:18 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

>> 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.

I miss them too. That orchard is gone now. I don't remember ever seeing
them for sale in a store anywhere. They were the only apples I ever
really liked to eat.


W
> 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)
> http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...ne&FO RM=IGRE
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/mcbtnsr

What a coincidence. I just saw that stuff for the first time yesterday
morning. I was on group paddle with my kayak club and came across a
bunch of it. I don't remember ever seeing it before and had no idea what
it was.