Adam's Apples

Imagine the World's Most Interesting Apple Gentleman, and an unknown apple. Some unidentified apples. He (the gent) inclines his head politely. Squints and sniffs at the apple before taking a bite, measuring its blush, parsing its lenticels. He swirls the bits in his mouth. Pronounces, "Of the Snow family, I think." Spits, bites again, chews. Swallows. "Yes. McIntosh branch. Not that that helps us much." The next bite is pensive. "But something else. Cidery." Another bite. "Well balanced. Sprightly."

Today's apple runs medium-large-by-large, a yellow-green sphere with slightly raised lenticels, some russeted to brown. Some of these apples have a small faint rosy blush, and my tasting sample has a dramatic splash of russet spilling out from the stem well. Northwest Greening's calyx is open and shallow, and the firm unbroken fruit has a very faint sweet aroma scented with pear.