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The wily Ashmead's Kernel, bagged, labeled, and PLUed.
The sticker suggests the apple comes from Heirloom Orchards in Odell, Oregon. The farm uses the generally accepted spelling on its website, if not its sticker.
There's no russet on this apple. They must grow differently out on Oregon.
Of the number, the leading 9 indicates that the apple is organic.
As for the other digits, I would like to be able to tell you that "4194" is the universal number for Ashmead's Kernel.
However, it is just one of 24 numbers set aside as "retailer assigned."
Many heritage varieties do have their own PLU codes, though. Cox's is 4105, should you ever run a produce section or market.
I've found the apples from Heirloom Orchards to be mostly very good but often pretty different from what I can get here in NYC. On Ashmead's and D'Arcy Spice there was a stark lack of russeting, and both tended to be larger. Just observations. They also tend to be more waxy and mealy than what I can get here, which I reckon is a storage issue?
ReplyDelete@Willima, I should think you would have a lot of options at the city greenmakets in season.
DeleteBut if not local and fresh, the eating qualities of apples are indeed dependent on how they are transported and stored.