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Journalists (and some bloggers) summarize scientific works all the time.

Not criticism! Fruit blogging is a lonely niche that could stand a few more players.

This 92-page report really deserves more than a tantalizing thread on Bluesky.

That is what blogs do well. Have you ever thought of using one to share your work and insights?

"Grandparent of Bramley": Tour de force story of science and apple sleuthing #apples

Though they might be conspicuous beneith the russet.

'Ashmead's Kernel' apples

'Ashmead's Kernel' apples

An 'Ashmead's Kernel' apple

'Ashmead's Kernel' apples

Yeah, I'd agree that those are not 'Ashmead's Kernel'. Here's a few of ours this year, all much rounder, all at least partially russeted.

Ashmead's Kernel, but different Russetless in Seattle, the great Ashmead's Kernel looks very different.

The plot is really thick over these #apples, sold as Ashmead's Kernel despite no russet and other differences. (Read the comments.)

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I had thought of Ribston as Cox's dissolute uncle. Spiritually if not genetically.

So can they?

Honesty compels me to say that I know more about the eating qualities of these apples than anything else.

Its a solid choice for baking.

Do I detect an...affinity for triploids?

I just picked up some blushing Grannies, too. (Well, last week.)

A green apple with brown spots and a partial red blush.

Sure, they can blush!

Ah, but we will always have the pre-Onion "Hub Man Dies in N Blast"

Baldwin ** Exceptional historic New England apple

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Mine are prettier

A recipe for 'apple ginger' from Gertrude Mackay in 1913. Follow the link in the post for a text-only version.

Chopped apples, grated ginger, chopped stem ginger and lemon zest, ready for cooking into 'apple ginger'.

A panful of stewed apple, ginger and lemon.

Anyone for 'apple ginger'? Gertrude Mackay's 1913 recipe should result in a thick apple butter, flavoured with ginger and lemon. Ideal for serving with your Christmas goose.

Or if you don't have four hours to stand and stir, you could try my quick method instead.

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Historical Accounts on Very Old Fashioned, pre-20th Century, Shelf Stable Apple Butter — SkillCult The following is the research material I compiled while looking for information on how to make the real old school shelf stable apple butter.   This is real apple butter, which originated as...

Are you familiar with Stephen Edholm's research (and recreation) re shelf-stable apple butter? (The video is especially informative.)

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There is much wisdom there. I revise my ratings of apples (on my blog) annually at Imbolc.

But pomologically the trees are long awake by Beltane, long bearing fruit by Lughnasadh.

Samhain arguably has some significance, though the harvest is still under way.

Thus my pomological seasons.

Apple seasons Apples have their own calendar.

Welcome to Pomological Winter #apples
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Porter’s Perfection cider apple.

Porter’s Perfection set heavy clusters of fruit and in the early weeks after bloom the stems and base of the hypanthium of fruitlets that are close together can physically fuse The resulting mature apple is therefore a compound apple with a lobulated shape due to unequal growth of the fused parts

I like apples but this thing where the apples are the size of a baby head is too much.

Italian apple detective.

Oh, right you are! 😳

Worth clicking past the pop-ups and invoking Google Translate to read about this Dutch apple sleuth #apples

Yellow apples on a bare tree. Very sweet, esters.

Still a few scruffy apples around - Pitmaston Pineapple I think? - which at this time of year, and after a couple of hard frosts, taste more of pear than anything else.

Cider Days Cider Days is the premier apple event of the year in Massachusetts.

Franklin County Cider Days changes and evolves, but the spirit remains the same. From a few years ago:
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Franklin County Cider Days New contributor Kris Kazaks reports on the Franklin County Cider Days festival in Massachusetts (and neighbouring States), a celebration of cider and community.

Great story about my state's premier annual apple and cider event! cider-review.com/2025/11/22/f...

cox orange apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905

cox orange apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905

The buskers in Dublin are really talented.