Adam's Apples

On the large side of small, James Grieve is round, oblate, and not significantly ribbed.  ¶  It sports a red blush tinted with orange, over yellow, streaky and variegated with indistinct boundaries for a blotchy effect, kind of festive. The lenticel dots are yellow spots.  ¶ 

A russeted sport of Norfolk Royal, mine is medium sized, classically shaped, and slightly oblate.  ¶  This apple features a partial red blush that is quite saturated in places over a pale yellow that is echoed by a pale olive-gold russet. It's hard to say, but I think the russet interrupts the blush and accounts for the more subdued pink areas surrounding the saturated red. The effect is very striking. The apple is modestly but definitely ribbed. 

I guess this gigantic apple is England's King Luscious . It is colossal, some 13-1/2 inches around.  ¶  Howgate Wonder's size grabbed my attention right away. Beyond that, it is conical and moderately ribbed, a light spring green with a streaky red blush and a glossy peel. It's lenticels are small and indistinct.

It took me a while to identify one of the characteristic flavors of this apple, but once my mouth figured it out the taste was obvious.  ¶  Rubinola is round, oblate, and barely ribbed. The streaky red blush is a bit orange where thin over the yellow peel.  There are not only streaks, but also tiny splotches of red floating against a pale orange field.

Deals can be had on the rain-soaked last day of farmers' market 2023 in Davis Square, Somerville.  ¶  Some farmstands sell their apples through February, but most things shut down after Thanksgiving.  ¶  Today was the last day for the farmers market in Davis Square, Somerville.  ¶ 

A cordon of crab apple trees, growing at a 45-degree angle, at Keepers Nursery in East Farleigh, Kent, England.  ¶  An orchard grows fruit, but a nursery grows wood.  ¶  That wood may blossom in the spring and bear fruit in the fall, but the nursery is in the business of trees.  ¶  Last month I visited Keepers Nursery , in the heart of apple country in southeast England. Keepers is a one-person operation in the town of East Farleigh, on the south side of the river Medway in Kent.

Spotted recently: A specialty shop is asking $6.95 per pound for Cortlands.  ¶  I'll pass, mate.