To the year in apples!

Very best New Year's wishes to you, dear readers! ¶ 

This busy fall included a healthy 17 "new" (to me) apples, some quite good. I published 23 posts in a single month (October). ¶ I still owe you reports about some of the interesting orchards I visited last fall. Also per annual custom, I'll be applying my

I still owe you reports about some of the interesting orchards I visited last fall. Also per annual custom, I'll be applying my rating system to the new 17 in early February.

September apples are now classified according to the pomological calendar.

Commentary

Once again, I am grateful to all of you for lively comments and exchanges with fellow readers. I commend these conversations to you!

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Onward

Last year, with fingers crossed, I updated the look and organization of this website. Technological change is alway fraught.

I hope that for my regular readers this change is at least no worse an experience than it had been in 2023.

Be of good cheer: there is nothing similarly ambitious in the works for 2025.

Have an excellent year, and may your apples never grow mealy!