These particular apples taste best after the frosts begin up here. We've never confirmed the variety, but we think they taste most like Fireside or Prairie Spy. I've been told that Fireside apples stay crisp when baked (and therefore are not a good baking apple) but our apples bake up wonderfully so perhaps they are not at all a Fireside variety. I like the idea of them being Prairie Spy apples. Maybe I'll take one to a nearby orchard to see if they can help me nail it down.
Whatever the variety may be, this year's harvest was fantastic! We always get a lot of apples, but the past couple years we have had problems with blemishes and bugs. This year the apples are huge, virtually blemish free, and so tasty! They really are beautiful apples.
It was a perfect day for picking yesterday. A little crisp, but plenty of sunshine.
And the resident monkeys were quite obliging when it came to handing down those "tippy-top" apples.
We enjoyed a little bit of the harvest last night, baked into a fresh apple pie. Yumm! We still have 4 big crates of apples to enjoy, and we plan to make some dried apple rings, maybe some apple sauce or apple butter, and of course just eat them fresh. It will be nice to not have to buy apples for a good, long while. Although I am always tempted to pick up some Honey Golds or Honey Crisp. Two of my favorites this time of year. What's your favorite variety of apple?
2 comments:
So idyllic in the fall to pick those beautiful apples! They are soooo pretty. Apple trees are a bit of a rarity in yards down here, and so to have one of your own is a little like a fairy tale. Prairie Spy is a great name.
I love Braeburn apples... they are shipped here from New Zealand. They remind me of the crunchy sour/sweet apples from my Grandma's tree in Prior Lake.
Gorgeous apples! I love the photo with the blue sky in the background -- a perfect fall day.
I like Honey Crisp, too.
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