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glatt 10-09-2009 04:14 PM
Yeah, it's gorgeous there. We've been going there for almost 15 years. It was unknown when we first started going, but now on a nice fall weekend, there will be hundreds of people there. Got to get there on a weekday to really enjoy it in peace. They have planted a bunch of grapes too, so in another couple years, they will have the wine draw too.

It's about an hour outside DC, so it's very doable.

jinx 10-09-2009 05:07 PM
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I took the kids to Linvilla today, which was seriously crowded. We were there more for the pumpkins than the apples...

lumberjim 10-09-2009 08:56 PM
more pics!

xoxoxoBruce 10-10-2009 01:59 AM
Nice farm, they have shitty neighbors though. :rolleyes:

wolf 10-10-2009 07:28 AM
Was Linvilla the Orchard the fought off an eminent domain takeover attempt? (ah, it wasn't fought off, it was negotiated.)

ZenGum 10-10-2009 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 312512)

I once met an apple grower who told me the red delicious cross was beautiful, travelled well, and had a reasonable shelf life at room temp, only it taasted like wet cardboard. So they hired a marketing company who came up with the orwellian name "Delicious". It's still going downhill as far as veracity is concerned.
I just wanted to note that this post has an exceptionally high truth:word ratio.

They develop strains that look good in the shop but have the taste and nutrition of, as you say, cardboard; then stick some BS name on them to make people buy them.

I hate that shit.

Gimme a pink lady. (I was thinking of apples, but now that I reconsider...)

glatt 10-19-2009 10:22 AM
We bought some honey while we were at the apple place last weekend. This place has bee hives to pollinate the trees, and a local beekeeper comes and collects the honey. It's packaged for the orchard and they sell it with their own label in their little store.

OMFG! All my life, I thought honey was just honey, and it was nothing special. But man, is this stuff awesome. That stuff you buy in the grocery store is nothing compared to this fresh raw local honey. We keep finding excuses to use it, and already the jar is about a third gone in a week and a half.

Nobody told me.

limey 10-19-2009 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 601959)
We bought some honey while we were at the apple place last weekend. This place has bee hives to pollinate the trees, and a local beekeeper comes and collects the honey. It's packaged for the orchard and they sell it with their own label in their little store.

OMFG! All my life, I thought honey was just honey, and it was nothing special. But man, is this stuff awesome. That stuff you buy in the grocery store is nothing compared to this fresh raw local honey. We keep finding excuses to use it, and already the jar is about a third gone in a week and a half.

Nobody told me.
I've discovered that about local honey, too!

xoxoxoBruce 10-19-2009 11:34 AM
You are what you eat. Honey and milk (of all kinds), takes on the taste of what the maker is eating. The stuff you usually buy at the supermarket is blended and processed to even out the taste.

lumberjim 10-19-2009 11:43 AM
and mainly clover honey. i expect apple tree honey would be better.

limey 10-19-2009 11:52 AM
Ours tastes rather piney ...

lumberjim 10-19-2009 12:08 PM
LINK

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HONEY COLOR AND FLAVOR
(It All Depends on Where the Bees Buzz)
by National Honey Board The color and flavor of honeys differ depending on the nectar source (the blossoms) visited by the honey bees. In fact, there are more than 300 unique types of honey available in the United States, each originating from a different floral source. Honey color ranges from nearly colorless to dark brown, and its flavor varies from delectably mild to distinctively bold, depending on where the honey bees buzzed. As a general rule, light-colored honey is milder in taste and dark-colored honey is stronger.
Honey is produced in every state, but depending on floral source location, certain types of honey are produced only in a few regions. Honey is also produced in most countries of the world.
Following is a look at some of the most common U.S. honey floral varieties. To learn more about available types of honey in your area, contact a local beekeeper, beekeeping association or honey packer. For help finding a honey packer or a specific floral source, visit the Honey Locator.

glatt 10-19-2009 01:35 PM
Because of our discovery, we actually stopped by a farmers market yesterday where I've seen honey for sale, and bought some wildflower honey. It will be interesting to see how it compares to both the apple orchard honey and the plastic bear squeeze bottle from the grocery store.

ZenGum 10-19-2009 08:15 PM
If you can, try some of the Eucalyptus based honies. Blue gum is especially tasty. :yum:

richlevy 10-19-2009 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 312433)
I seem to remember Red Delicious having been more tasty in the distant past. Now, they are absolutely tasteless, like eating wet cardboard pulp or something. WTF? How do you genetically engineer the taste out of an apple, and why?
I lthink of them as 'mealy'. Granny Smith or Fujis are the way to go.


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