Got a mystery fruit?
Seattle's Fruit Tree Society has classified 106 apple varieties across 22 different characteristics, from calyx-tube size to harvest date. Plus photos!
If you've got one of these apples but don't know which, this handy web page will help you make a positive ID.
It's pretty clever and worth a look, even if you do not know your abaxile core (65 varieties) from your axile (39).
Update: Alas, this great resource has succumbed to the ravages of time. It is gone.
The link above will take you to an archived version, worth viewing as a comprehensive list of apple attributes. However, it is no longer functional as a searchable database.
Cool site. I just checked their flavor descriptions and 26 apples are "sprightly subacid". I feel so inadequate in my flavor descriptions. I've never thought that or written that let alone know what that means. Doesn't mean it won't be in an upcoming review though :)
ReplyDeleteI love that word, "sprightly."
DeleteAs for subacid, it's been leached of meaning by marketers, but once upon a time it referred to the baby-bear sweet spot: not too tart, not too sweet.
On those terms, a sprightly subacid apple is about as good as it gets!