Friday, 8:00 AM. 65 degrees, wind WNW, very light. The channel is dimpled, the sky clear except for some haze in the east. The barometer is trending down, predicting partly cloudy skies.
Yesterday was a fine top-down day, and we went to Hauser’s Orchard on Hwy J for some early apples. They celebrated their 100th anniversary last year, and are still a family business, growing apples, berries and perennials.
Their early apples are Duchess, Dudley, Whitney crab, Transparent and Melba. Early apples are best for baking, but are eating apples as well, although not as crisp and tart as later varieties. I think the Whitney crabapple is the tastiest of the early apples.
Our edible apple (Pyrus malus, synonym Malus pumila) is native to south-central Asia, probably Kazakhstan, whose capital, Alma Atta, translates to “mother of apples.” Cultivated since ancient times and brought to Europe thousands of years ago, apples are now grown throughout the temperate regions of the world, virtually everywhere there is a moderate climate with seasonal changes. Our North American crabapples are not the edible apple.
The apple gene pool is very young and plastic, allowing for virtually unlimited variation in fruit characteristics through hybridization, either natural or horticultural. There is nothing quite like the satisfying “crunch” of biting into a crisp, tasty apple.
Yesterday was a fine top-down day, and we went to Hauser’s Orchard on Hwy J for some early apples. They celebrated their 100th anniversary last year, and are still a family business, growing apples, berries and perennials.
Their early apples are Duchess, Dudley, Whitney crab, Transparent and Melba. Early apples are best for baking, but are eating apples as well, although not as crisp and tart as later varieties. I think the Whitney crabapple is the tastiest of the early apples.
Our edible apple (Pyrus malus, synonym Malus pumila) is native to south-central Asia, probably Kazakhstan, whose capital, Alma Atta, translates to “mother of apples.” Cultivated since ancient times and brought to Europe thousands of years ago, apples are now grown throughout the temperate regions of the world, virtually everywhere there is a moderate climate with seasonal changes. Our North American crabapples are not the edible apple.
The apple gene pool is very young and plastic, allowing for virtually unlimited variation in fruit characteristics through hybridization, either natural or horticultural. There is nothing quite like the satisfying “crunch” of biting into a crisp, tasty apple.
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