Today's possibility is large medium, broad and tapered, with a red blush over green yellow and many, many tan lenticel dots.
Ribbing is negligible, and the apple bears a rich aroma of cider and vanilla.
Today's possibility is large medium, broad and tapered, with a red blush over green yellow and many, many tan lenticel dots.
Ribbing is negligible, and the apple bears a rich aroma of cider and vanilla.
Cider is not my usual beat. Nor will it be. Nonetheless I enjoy and occasionally write about hard apple cider here.
Stormalong, a Massachusetts-based cidery, offers a dry glass I've enjoyed in the past, though it is a little skimpy somehow on character.
When I found a four-pack sampler of their heritage ciders at farmers market back in November, I felt I had to try them.
I've recently enjoyed chomping my way through a box of new apple varieties under development by the Midwest Apple Improvement Association.
Little did I know that the assortment included a ringer. Number 544 was really EverCrisp.
Each of the many russet-brown lenticels on this tall, slightly tapered red apple is dimpled, for an unusual tactile sensation.
Test 38 is large and has no appreciable ribbing. Its gloss is a bit shinier than a satin finish; its red has a touch of orange.