One time on Usenet, Melba's Jammin' > said:
> In article >,
> unge (Litttle Malice) wrote:
>
> > One time on Usenet, Melba's Jammin' > said:
> >
> > > I'm about to make some for dinner tonight. I don't know what "dinner"
> > > is going to be yet, but we're having apple crisp after it! Will see if
> > > I can get it put together in the time it takes to preheat the oven.
> >
> > What kind of apples will you use? I'd make an apple crisp if I could
> > find some Gravensteins, but I don't have time to go out to the farms
> > this week.
>
> I'm partial to Haralsons. They are abundant, a great pie apple, and
> reasonably priced. They were born here 84 years ago.
I checked Wikipedia -- they sound very good:
"Haralson apples are crisp and juicy, having a tart flavor."
Unfortunately, not something I can get here in WA.
> Here are links to
> a couple of stories about apple development at the U of MN
>
> http://www.startribune.com/535/story/688378.html
> http://www.startribune.com/535/story/688159.html
Interesting! I loved this line, it seems to describe you Minny-Soda
folks so well:
"Horace Greeley used to write articles to encourage people to go west,
but he wrote, 'Go west, but don't go to Minnesota, because you can't
grow apples there,' Stushnoff said. There were a lot of proud
Scandinavian folks who said, 'We'll see about that.' "
As for Gravenstiens, Wikipedia describes them thusly:
"The Gravenstein apple is considered by many to be one of the best
all-around apples with a sweet, tart flavor, and is especially good
for baking and cooking."
They were discovered in 1669 in Denmark, but they don't keep well,
which is probably why they never caught on. DH swears we'll plant
some this Spring, and now that I finally found out how to pollinate
them. According to the nursery catalog I picked up at the Western
WA Fair, one of your Zestar trees will do it. Hormel's website
describes it as:
"crisp white grainy flesh that provides a slightly tart but sweet
and tangy tasting fruit"
http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=36470
Sounds wonderful! I'll have to look into that one. Thanks for
the info, Barb... :-)
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"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
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