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If in the off season you miss thinking about apples, I invite you to browse some particularly interesting exchanges in comments that readers share on this blog.
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I've already published my one-star ratings for 2023, and today I award two stars, "worth a journey." ¶
One star is "very good, worth choosing." Most apples are, and I am generous with this rating.
But two stars is a step up, and I am judicious about handing those out. Of the thirty-nine varieties I sampled for the first time in 2023, eight earn the double star.
2023 was a banner year for this blog. Apple reviews are the heart of this project, and I was able to publish 39 of them. ¶
That is more than any year except for the first two: 2008 (44) and 2009 (41). ¶
Having so many apples challenges my practice of rating them once a year according to my qualitative system of one to three stars.