Jan 9th, 2020 : Pomme Queen

[Clodfobble]

Our local mom-n-pop health food store stocks their apples on a seemingly random basis, and they always have at least one or two I've never heard of. I can't taste (or maybe just tune out because I don't care) the difference between most of them--Granny Smiths being the obvious exception--but the kids fairly obsess over them. The Zestar apple is their favorite so far, but of course it's never come back after that first miraculous encounter.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...but of course it's never come back after that first miraculous encounter.

Wine is like that too, they'll have a few cases of something that turns out to be great and go back for more... fugetaboutit!

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Griff

Stark Bros have a pretty good selection if you have space.
https://www.starkbros.com/products/f...es/apple-trees

There are a number of over-grown orchards around here probably dating from the turn of the century (no the other century). I should probably be working on those trees to see if there's anything of interest. There seems to be a lot of yellow apples here.

Winesap trees: https://www.willisorchards.com/produ...E#.XhcXhPxOlPY

I could possibly squeeze an apple tree into the back garden.
Our neighbours, who have a bit more space, have a couple so it would appear that the soil is good enough.
But could I deal with the import hassle?

Originally Posted by fargon

"My old horse was quite partial to a Golden Delicious" Your old Horse had good taste.

I suspect you might be in the fortunate position of the US Golden Delicious having more flavour than the UK version which is normally imported from France.