Adam's Apples

(Image: Mary Daisy Arnold/USDA )  A vendor at Lexington's farmers market sold me a "Coville" apple back in 2009.  ¶  Now I think the grower got the name wrong.

(Photo: Buds are swelling on the apple trees at Hutchins Farms in Concord, Massachusetts, earlier today. ) It's still early days, but promising signs are right up there.

In Kent, at Keepers Nursery, Karim Habbib reports , "The dormant season has come to an end, more or less.... This is very transitional time of the year in the nursery." (Photo: Waking ) In the Manchester (UK) area, Darren Turpin is showing us how to graft .  ¶  Closer to home, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will hold its scion exchange on March 30 in the town of Unity.  ¶  Apples have their own seasons. It's spring, more or less.

Buds swell on a branch of an apple tree at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, earlier today.  ¶  The promise of another harvest begins.

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

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.

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.