Adam's Apples

Today's apple may be the oldest variety I ever will taste. These are crab-apple sized and when Lady is bearing her branches are festooned with small fruit so thick as to resemble garlands of apples.  A garland of Ladies contra-dance against the October sky A closer look at this ancient variety below the fold.

Pomme Gris and Lady Apple There's an old French children's rhyme, nowadays rendered as follows: Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api Tapis, tapis rouge Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api Tapis, tapis gris. In English: Pippin Apple and Lady Apple, Carpet, red carpet, Pippin Apple and Lady Apple, Carpet, gray carpet. describing a carpet ("tapis") of red and gray apples lying on the ground. Russets perhaps, for the gray.