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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2011-10-15 06:27 pm
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Apple review: NY428

This is an apple [livejournal.com profile] cattitude and I both like. It's crisp—he said "crunchy"—and tasty, sweet and a bit tart (not sour), and juicy. The skin is red, ranging from red like a macintosh to a deep red, almost black. Middle-sized, a reasonable snack or something to put in your bag as part of your lunch. A little googling tells me that it's an Empire/Northern Spy cross, and is also sold as "Garnet Spy." As the first name suggests, this is another variety developed by Cornell.

(Disclaimer: most of these reviews are written based on eating one apple of the variety in question, so don't allow for natural variation, and are as much for my own reference as anything else.)
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[identity profile] elusis.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Cornell. So bad with wine grapes, so good with apples.