Apple review: "J" Mac

[redbird]

cattitude bought four of these today; he said they smelled better than the Puritans, but the vendor said he wouldn't have any Puritans next week.

It's an early-season apple, not a strong flavor, somewhat astringent, but crisp and juicy. We just shared one, and there are a few more in the refrigerator. I may take one out tomorrow and let it come to room temperature before eating it; I grabbed this after Cattitude said it had seemed more appealing than the Puritan.

Working from his memory here, the "J" Mac [quotation marks sic] is a descendant of the Jersey Mac (which in turn is not descended from the Macintosh). There's no listing for this apple on orangepippin.com (which does describe the Jersey Mac), and whoever named this has come up with a close-to-ungoogleable name for an apple.

I want Macouns and Macintosh and Esopus Spitzenberg and Cortlands (I don't know if those grow around here, but I have seen the other three in local farmers' markets in the past); it really isn't apple season yet.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Crisp and juicy sounds good! I'll have to look out for these!