Adam's Apples

Just a few things I've read lately:

Farmers are not idle in winter, and neither am I. We plan and we prune and we fix. Today I am pleased to announce the return of subscribe-by-email to Adam's Apples. Google dropped its built-in email service last summer.

THE APPLE OR THE APPLE? PHOTO:  CAPTAIN ORANGE  ( CC BY-ND 2.0 ) Consider the Cherryfield apple, also known as Collins in its early years. This is a Maine variety that was also identified, tentatively, with Benton Red, another apple from the Pine Tree State.

COMMENT OF THE DAY If Sierra Beauty came from an apple seed discarded by a forty-miner, there’s a good chance he got that apple from [Henderson] Llewelling. Grateful hat tip to John Henderson for his extended remarks on my review of the Sierra Beauty apple. (Also for his neologistic "forty-miner.") John says Llewellen contributed more to the North American apple industry than Johnny Appleseed. The story follows, lightly edited (and with hyperlinks added by me).

Not a bad year for an apple blog that was supposed to end in 2009! (That was the original idea .) I got to review 17 apples in 2022 , in large part thanks to the generosity of readers.