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Used to walk a neighborhood near where we used to live near downtown. Go down a side street, at the end was a hayfield and a pond! In the middle of town. And
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
Used to walk a neighborhood near where we used to live near downtown. Go down a side street, at the end was a hayfield and a pond! In the middle of town.
And by the pond, an apple tree. With apples the size of cannonballs. Big as your head. Somebody would stack the ones that fell into tripods. It was surreal.
Anyway the place is developed now, the pond gone, the apple tree just a memory.
- jacquesm 4y agoThere is a strain of Golden Reinette that makes enormous apples, very tasty and great to make applesauce from. A bit on the sour side for many people but I love them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Reinette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Reinette
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoThat link says they're small. Hm.
- jacquesm 4y agoYes, they typically are. But there are certain variations that are really large, 15 to 20 cm diameter I've had (and no less tasty for their size, which is pretty rare). It's like a four person meal in one apple :) They aren't all that popular because they bruise easily and aren't very pretty, dry skin, not glossy, dull colors, mostly yellow, dark green and brown. But I really like them.