Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from February, 2025

What color are these apples?

GOING FOR THE GOLD Hint: These are not Granny Smith.  ¶  They are Golden Delicious .

Bloom

The Blue Pearmain runs to deep red. The apple gets its name from a dusty blue bloom it often wears. (Photo:  Blue Pearmain )  Many apples bloom, not just the Blue Pearmain.

McShay correction

After I published my annual apple ratings last week, I realized I had goofed.  (Photo:  Also very good )  McShay, above, did not get the one-star rating it deserves.

Measuring the stars of 2024

Every winter, around the ancient festival of Imbolc , I rate the apples I tried for the first time in the previous year.  ¶  In 2024, I had the pleasure of eating 16 that I'd never tasted before.