Photos

I just uploaded some photos to Flickr. It's a mix of "hey, pretty," ncluding this color-manipulated picture of a grass plant,




and documenting my part of Inwood Hill Park. The best of the lot, I think, is both: I got a good photo of a night heron on a rock in the afternoon sunlight:



Clicking through will get you to larger versions of both, and the rest of my photostream, including trees and fungus.

Photos

I just uploaded some photos to Flickr. It's a mix of "hey, pretty," ncluding this color-manipulated picture of a grass plant,




and documenting my part of Inwood Hill Park. The best of the lot, I think, is both: I got a good photo of a night heron on a rock in the afternoon sunlight:



Clicking through will get you to larger versions of both, and the rest of my photostream, including trees and fungus.

Apple review: NY652

We got three of these at the Greenmarket this morning. They're an early apple: it's this year's crop. Sweet, though not unreasonably so: if your preference is for Granny Smiths, you probably won't like these, but if you like Gala or Mcintosh you might. I think I like them better than Paula Red, another early variety that both this vendor and at least one other had this week.They're not as tart as a mac, and could be a bit crisper for my taste and cattitude's, but they weren't mealy, the way most apples are after long storage (and red delicious after a fortnight: one of the things I like about Galas is that they keep moderately well).

They're mostly red-skinned, a red closer to Gala than Mcintosh or red delicious, and closer to spherical than a mcintosh. ETA: I just got out another, and it looks almost exactly like a mcintosh.

That name is what was on the sign, if I recall correctly; it might have been NY 619. Googling found, after a bit of work, a nice list of apple varieties from the American Pomological Society, and another from "All About Apples" but neither list had a name/number of the form New York 4nn or 6nn. If we remember, and check, I will update this post.

ETA: Correct number added later.

Apple review: NY625 NY652

We got three of these at the Greenmarket this morning. They're an early apple: it's this year's crop. Sweet, though not unreasonably so: if your preference is for Granny Smiths, you probably won't like these, but if you like Gala or Mcintosh you might. I think I like them better than Paula Red, another early variety that both this vendor and at least one other had this week.They're not as tart as a mac, and could be a bit crisper for my taste and cattitude's, but they weren't mealy, the way most apples are after long storage (and red delicious after a fortnight: one of the things I like about Galas is that they keep moderately well).

They're mostly red-skinned, a red closer to Gala than Mcintosh or red delicious, and closer to spherical than a mcintosh. ETA: I just got out another, and it looks almost exactly like a mcintosh.

That name is what was on the sign, if I recall correctly; it might have been NY 619. It's 652, not 619 or 625. Googling found, after a bit of work, a nice list of apple varieties from the American Pomological Society, and another from "All About Apples" but neither list had a name/number of the form New York 4nn or 6nn. If we remember, and check, I will update this post.