Monday, May 30, 2022

Ever blooming

The apple blossoms on this branch will never fade or fall, because they are made of glass. ¶ (Photo:

Branch bearing apple blossoms
Made of glass.) ¶ 

Friday, May 20, 2022

Ding a ding, ding

A wasp is pollinating an apple blossom
A wasp helps to bring an apple into the world at Nagog Farm in Littleton, Massachusetts, earlier today.

Pollinator, lad and lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the orchard green did pass,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When bees do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

So fade the blooms of spring

A single white apple blossom on a branch against the sky. Some of the leaves have gray dirt on them.
Only a few apple blossoms remain on the trees at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, yesterday. ¶ 

This photo bookends last week's image of an early blossom.

The 90-degree weather in the forecast here will surely wring out any that remain. ¶ 

Friday, May 6, 2022

And they're off!

A single apple-blossom opens amidst a cluster of pink buds
The starting gun sounds for the 2022 apple season at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, yesterday.

Monday, May 2, 2022

Drink your fruit: Yarlington Mill cider

Can labeled "arlington Mill" next to a wine glass half full of cider

This review is missing an apple. ¶ 

My other tastings of ciders in the Rare Apple Series from cider maker Stormalong feature photos of beverage and nameplate fruit. ¶ 

Alas, I lack a Yarlington Mill apple to include in the family group. Indeed, I have never tasted that variety. ¶ 

The cider pours a lovely orange-tinted gold that is pleasantly effervescent. There are fruit and tannins in the nose and mouth. ¶