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Macoun, the queen of vinous apples, is just not 100% if grown in Virginia.
King David, apple of the South, does not reach its peak here in New England.
I shall miss Macoun.
I am not going anywhere. But the climate is.
The Nature Conservancy finds that the climate in neighboring Vermont is likely
to "become like that of southern Virginia."
The good news, I guess, is that Virginia boasts some great apples.
They just aren't the ones that do well up here, for the most part. The ones
linked intimately with our sense of place.
The ones we love.
Sure, people grow northern apples in the south.
Vintage Virginia Apples lists many familiar varieties, including McIntosh.
But do they grow well there?
I have heard boasts that McIntosh (a Canadian variety) does not realize its
full peak qualities south of Maine. Even today.
What hope then for the breed in the brave, new, hotter future?
Also climate and apples in this
thread on Twitter