more apples

[redbird]

We are at the stage of autumn where I am buying Too Many Apples, because I'm still excited and grabbing varieties that may not be there next week, even while Andy points out that we have apples at home, two different kinds. Today I got Zestars; what we already had was a few Elstar and one Ashmead's kernel. I grabbed and paid for the Zestar apples at the first stall that had them, before we got to the stall with the most kinds of apple: I counted, and they had 14 varieties, but not Zestar. That 14 included other apple varieties I like, and may buy some of next week or the week after. (OK, 14 and a half, counting crab apples as the half.)

That was at Central Square Cambridge, where we also bought plums, grapes, a lettuce, a few of the little Diva cucumbers, and some tomatoes, plus a tuna steak and a loaf of bread (Hi-Rise Bakery's extremely crust Luce).

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

Zestars are so good though! :)

[bibliofile]

Thanks for posting about apples again. I remembered to check the local varieties at the co-op tonight and came home with a Priscilla and a Liberty. There will be more at a farmers market, but I'm not quite done with the fruit I bought last week.

[cmcmck]

What do you do with your crabs?

[redbird]

I leave them for someone who wants them, but it seemed like they sort of counted as evidence of variety.

[cmcmck]

I've been known to make crab apple jelly which goes well with all sorts of things.

[otter]

That sounds so yummy! Squirrels took the one apple on my tree that made it to September. I think there were only 4 this year to begin with. It's a Honeycrisp tree.

[snippy]

My office gets a delivery (every 3 weeks, I think) of seasonal produce, and the last box was almost entirely apples. Only two varieties, though: Chelan and Fuji. Unfortunately the box came while I was on vacation and they were all too soft by the time I was back in the office.

[tarasacon]

Apples!

Kentucky weather is too variable for good apple growing, and we don’t get much variety shipped here. I love to explore, though, when I visit family in Michigan.