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Or the old one, find a local orchard that sells heirloom apples! Get some Cox's Orange Pippin or some Northern Spy or some Ashmead's Kernel.
by cmiller1 2y ago
Or the old one, find a local orchard that sells heirloom apples! Get some Cox's Orange Pippin or some Northern Spy or some Ashmead's Kernel.
- jessekv 2y agoI second the cox's. This harvest I bought several of each variety in the shop and cox's was my favorite by a mile.
- notanote 2y agoSame here. I can imagine growers don’t like them as much though, despite the lack of patents and trademarks. In Europe they were abundant and amazing quality last year, lasting into February. This harvest their flavour wasn’t there, many were mealy, and they were unavailable within a month. Their worst year as far as I can remember.
- quercusa 2y agoBe on the lookout for Esopus Spitzenburg (maybe only in the US). It's a really tasty apple.
- pvaldes 2y agoCox is a very good apple that is infamously prone to pick every apple disease known. Golden Delicious has the same problem, good flavor, disappointing as tree without using chemicals. Rubinette is a medium sized yellow apple, streaked in reddish brown. Not particularly eye-catching and also prone to fungal diseases. But Rubinette has a secret, is a seedling of Cox x Golden delicious, and its flavor is fantastic. Modern apples with not so sophisticated flavor but better resistance can be much more satisfactory.
- jghn 2y agoI found the Westfield Seek-No-Further [1] this year and it's become my new favorite. [1] https://www.scottfarmvermont.com/westfield-seeknofurther https://www.scottfarmvermont.com/westfield-seeknofurther
- eszed 2y agoCox's Orange Pippin is a good baking apple, as well. Holds its shape, and goes all custardy, rather than dissolving into mush. It's not as good as a Bramley. Does anyone in the US grow those commercially? Why not?