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Disappointed to see my favourite Apple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Boskoop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Boskoop) missing...
by FinnKuhn 4y ago
Disappointed to see my favourite Apple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Boskoop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Boskoop) missing...
- dddw 4y agoGreat apple for pie! but seldom eat it out of my hand.
- dddw 4y agoAlso Elstar is missing, that would be my everyday goto apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elstar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elstar
- radicaldreamer 4y agoOne reason many European varieties may be missing is because the apple market is pretty regionalized (95% of apples sold in the US are grown in the US), unlike the bananas market, which is hyper-globalized.
- black_puppydog 4y agoYes, came here to complain about exactly that one! Outrage! :D Also James Grieve, and Cox's Orange are great. Personally I stopped touching any supermarket apples, they're all bland. I have a market in front of my house and my parents have trees in the garden, and there's nothing better. Really speaks to what we're losing as a result of industrialized agriculture. Not saying it's not worth it in order to feed billions, that point can be made, but still...