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I also like Opal a good deal."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"As @Sparcher says. 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A really interesting variety of apple scions -- Maine and Massachusetts heirlooms, (hard) cider varieties, and apples that store well through the winter.  I\u0026#39;m looking forward to grafting in Hunt Russet, Blushing Golden and more."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/4502421202084343670\/comments\/default\/6252489548679775026"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/4502421202084343670\/comments\/default\/6252489548679775026"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/pomological-spring-more-or-less.html?showComment=1743425938441#c6252489548679775026","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mostly macoun orchard"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04090885520398955963"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/pomological-spring-more-or-less.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-4502421202084343670","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/4502421202084343670","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-705507357"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-95342010872053684"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-28T18:31:48.175-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-28T18:31:48.175-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"They have not picked some of the crop from the tre..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"They have not picked some of the crop from the trees planted in Hawkes Bay N.Z. for 2yrs now so clearly there is resistance to the high cost of these often store sick apples."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/600268735074728012\/comments\/default\/95342010872053684"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/600268735074728012\/comments\/default\/95342010872053684"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/rockit-apple-review-tasting.html?showComment=1743201108175#c95342010872053684","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/rockit-apple-review-tasting.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-600268735074728012","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/600268735074728012","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-4745671583002064840"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-24T15:36:58.137-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-24T15:36:58.137-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"We have a rather neglected Apple tree where I work..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We have a rather neglected Apple tree where I work and I’m pretty sure it’s Almata. Before I pruned it in the winter of ‘23\/24 the apples were beautiful but very small and tended to fall easily, bouncing down the road like cricket balls. However last summers apples were much better, bigger, juicier and sweeter but with a tartness that reminded me of pomegranate. I’ve grafted scions from this old tree in the hope of having this beauty in my own garden. 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She gets them sometime..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"My wife loves these apples. She gets them sometimes at Aldi, when available. 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Do you remem..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thank you for sharing those memories! Do you remember what your Sheepnose looked like? I think they must have ben a different variety than this one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAround here, the Transparents ripen around August 1."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/2165416581200504564\/comments\/default\/3806058461686059589"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/2165416581200504564\/comments\/default\/3806058461686059589"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/black-gilliflower.html?showComment=1741966578142#c3806058461686059589","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/2165416581200504564\/comments\/default\/1753993461399315775"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Adam"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06245776593991049317"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAxO7mC0NN2XVRdvBcI0kcFS4S7MlHUS5ZpHYzbscl0iHfRZadPCUJwavacIY6u3BRQKlU32d6q7JUD6ljZZnmva_AeigqY2kNfhrhgFUWeL3-D-T_43FaWXNImHc-Im0\/s129\/Opalescent.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/black-gilliflower.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-2165416581200504564","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/2165416581200504564","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1623966625"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-1753993461399315775"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-14T10:10:28.951-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-14T10:10:28.951-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The \u0026quot;sheep nose\u0026quot; apple from mymgrandfath..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The \u0026quot;sheep nose\u0026quot; apple from mymgrandfather\u0026#39;s farm in southwestern Virginia ripened early, not late.  They were generally gone by the time we visited in July.  His orchard also had three \u0026quot;Virginia Beauties\u0026quot; which ripened late and not ripe by the time we returned home for school.  Grandmas favorite \u0026quot;fry apple\u0026quot; was from what she called a \u0026quot;transparent\u0026quot;.  There were other trees in the orchard, but I don\u0026#39;t remember their names.  I do recall that grandfather said not to feed them to the pigs."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/2165416581200504564\/comments\/default\/1753993461399315775"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/2165416581200504564\/comments\/default\/1753993461399315775"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/black-gilliflower.html?showComment=1741961428951#c1753993461399315775","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/black-gilliflower.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-2165416581200504564","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/2165416581200504564","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-9127939757156536488"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-13T03:38:41.954-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-13T03:38:41.954-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It’s interesting how much apples change when picke..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It’s interesting how much apples change when picked early—losing their true flavor just for better storage. A fully ripe Golden Delicious must be amazing! Also, I spotted that sneaky Granny Smith in there. 😆\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust like how fruit ripens best in its own time, some things are best experienced fully—like when you read \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/suraheyaseen.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/suraheyaseen.com\u003C\/a\u003E with reflection."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1396133482343428949\/comments\/default\/9127939757156536488"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1396133482343428949\/comments\/default\/9127939757156536488"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2025\/02\/what-color-are-these-apples.html?showComment=1741851521954#c9127939757156536488","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"M Mikael"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14046456078584801833"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2025\/02\/what-color-are-these-apples.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-1396133482343428949","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/1396133482343428949","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-232541265"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-308555076208373539"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-09T12:58:41.300-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-09T12:58:41.300-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Too bad! As you can tell, I liked this one a lot.\n..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Too bad! As you can tell, I liked this one a lot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo many new varieties are just \u0026quot;variations in the key of Honeycrisp.\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1581947699435323349\/comments\/default\/308555076208373539"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1581947699435323349\/comments\/default\/308555076208373539"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/midwest-311-apple-tasting-review.html?showComment=1741539521300#c308555076208373539","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1581947699435323349\/comments\/default\/4702720153103494172"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Adam"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06245776593991049317"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"28","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAxO7mC0NN2XVRdvBcI0kcFS4S7MlHUS5ZpHYzbscl0iHfRZadPCUJwavacIY6u3BRQKlU32d6q7JUD6ljZZnmva_AeigqY2kNfhrhgFUWeL3-D-T_43FaWXNImHc-Im0\/s129\/Opalescent.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/midwest-311-apple-tasting-review.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-1581947699435323349","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/1581947699435323349","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1623966625"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-4702720153103494172"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-08T15:24:42.484-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-08T15:24:42.484-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It is not the apple trademarked as Scruffy® "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It is not the apple trademarked as Scruffy® "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1581947699435323349\/comments\/default\/4702720153103494172"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/1581947699435323349\/comments\/default\/4702720153103494172"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/midwest-311-apple-tasting-review.html?showComment=1741465482484#c4702720153103494172","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/midwest-311-apple-tasting-review.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-1581947699435323349","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/1581947699435323349","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-8988550633289738307"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-07T23:02:05.655-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-07T23:02:05.655-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I seen these at the orchard but they weren’t ripe ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I seen these at the orchard but they weren’t ripe yet. Anything with Sweet16 in it is good. Gotta try it!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/4435169513668122300\/comments\/default\/8988550633289738307"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/4435169513668122300\/comments\/default\/8988550633289738307"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/ludacrisp-apple-taste-review.html?showComment=1741406525655#c8988550633289738307","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Pappy"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/ludacrisp-apple-taste-review.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-4435169513668122300","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/4435169513668122300","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-8209822664873543192"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-07T22:31:45.430-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-07T22:31:45.430-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Where you from? Georgetown Kentucky orchard has th..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Where you from? Georgetown Kentucky orchard has these.  Don’t know about shipping though."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/3790821760999804869\/comments\/default\/8209822664873543192"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/3790821760999804869\/comments\/default\/8209822664873543192"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/suncrisp-apple.html?showComment=1741404705430#c8209822664873543192","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/3790821760999804869\/comments\/default\/7017686409094535511"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Pappy"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/suncrisp-apple.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-3790821760999804869","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/3790821760999804869","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-3921816119001395031"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-07T22:13:01.280-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-07T22:13:01.280-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"These are my new favorite. 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Solid ** on Adam’s scale."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/576911371385334070\/comments\/default\/3921816119001395031"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647355176632077968\/576911371385334070\/comments\/default\/3921816119001395031"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2020\/01\/sweet-zinger-apple-taste-review.html?showComment=1741403581280#c3921816119001395031","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Pappy"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/adamapples.blogspot.com\/2020\/01\/sweet-zinger-apple-taste-review.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-576911371385334070","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8647355176632077968/posts/default/576911371385334070","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-538398880"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"March 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647355176632077968.post-1789791232184169426"},"published":{"$t":"2025-03-07T21:37:33.579-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-03-07T21:37:33.579-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It would be great if this got commercialized. 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They were a solid ** on Adam’s scale. We bought a dozen and we’re gone in 4 days. Sadly, we checked numerous grocery stores in 2024 but nobody had any this year. Must have been a bad harvest this year. I’ll be on the hunt this fall hot and heavy for these bad boys… Once they are on the shelf you better get them all while you can because they go fast! Those things get the juices flowing and get you chasing after the next bite! I saved seeds just for the red fleshed genetics by chance coming through the next generation. We shall find out in 5-10 years. 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