Saturday, January 27, 2024

Extinguishing apples, and other videos

Karim Habibi strides through his seedling orchard like a god, casually dispensing death. ¶ 

This is the part of Keeper's Nursery where Karim plants seeds he hopes will grow into tasty new apple varieties. ¶ 

Most of them don't make the cut. Off with their heads!

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Snow balls

three very dark red apples on a snowy ground
Today's weather is brought to you by the lovely, lustrous, and ligneous Arkansas Black.

Friday, January 12, 2024

Stopped at the border

Men in black jerseys stand behind a wooden counter toppeb by green baskets full of red and yellow apples
Above:Apples for sale at the Marche Jean-Talon in Montreal in early September. ¶ 

I spent a week in Quebec in late summer of 2023. ¶ 

The trip gave me a crack at some new apples, and I got to practice my (not very accomplished) French.

But I also encountered a puzzle: apples everywhere in Canada that are just not grown in the US.

These include

Thursday, January 4, 2024

A tip of the new-year's hat to you and your comments

Overlapping speach bubbles with a drawing of an apple in the topmost one

My original thought, in 2008, was to blog about apples for a year, then find something else to do. ¶ 

I would not have continued after that first year but for the comments I began to get from readers. They are both learned and, for me, validating.

You make this place richer and more interesting.

Changes in browser technology, however, are making it harder to comment, and to know when someone has replied to a comment.

I want to thank readers who share their thoughts here, and try to address those tech issues.

But first,

Monday, January 1, 2024

A year of apples

BEST WISHES TO MY READERS ¶ 

Two apples, one huge, one less so
I've had quite a year with apples, to the point where I am looking forward to the quieter winter and spring. ¶ 

As alway, I am both grateful for and energized by your attention and, especially, comments. ¶