Adam's Apples
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Adam's Apples
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#2I love stuff like this. I searched my favorite variety [0] and learned that the genetics are actually patented and the university that owns it has an entire program for breeding apples [1].
[0]: https://adamapples.blogspot.com/2008/10/honeycrisp.html
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#3A friend of a friend bought a house that belonged to an apple collector. The orchard contains over 500 grafted varieties. They do an annual party that starts with friends helping trimming and then goes into tasting and juicing. I'm looking forward to their next party once they can have it.
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#4I love stuff like this. I searched my favorite variety [0] and learned that the genetics are actually patented and the university that owns it has an entire program for breeding apples [1]. [0]: https://adamapples.blogspot.com/2008/10/honeycrisp.html [1]: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/varieties/fruit/apples
They are still patented I think, but you can buy the trees now. Some of our local orchards have started growing them and I know you can get the trees from nurseries. I don't know if the big box stores have them. You may have to look around.
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#5A friend of a friend bought a house that belonged to an apple collector. The orchard contains over 500 grafted varieties. They do an annual party that starts with friends helping trimming and then goes into tasting and juicing. I'm looking forward to their next party once they can have it.
Can I be friends with them too? I've lost contact with some folks who had the best heirloom apples on their property. The trees were likely over 40 years old. No particular variety that my friends knew of. They came with the property along with some historic trees that date back to the Christian missions in the area.
Well, I haven't lost contact. Just left on pretty neutral terms, but if I get back to talking with them I'm going to end up throwing hay bales for them and that's miserable work I don't have the spare time for anymore.
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#6I love stuff like this. I searched my favorite variety [0] and learned that the genetics are actually patented and the university that owns it has an entire program for breeding apples [1]. [0]: https://adamapples.blogspot.com/2008/10/honeycrisp.html [1]: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/varieties/fruit/apples
Ditto! I came across this site some time ago trying to find a place where I could buy a Frostbite (nee Minnesota 447) apple. My aunt has a tree and its apples make a hell of a cider. Turns out that he really likes this particular variety. [0]
I don't think it is rare for a university to have these kinds of breeding programs and put patents on the result. The one near me does that with cherries.
[0] https://adamapples.blogspot.com/2017/11/frostbite-vs-wickson...
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#7I though it was referring to the rather splendid Danish film Adam's Apples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Apples
One never knows what kind of treat one may find.
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#8What I have always wanted to see is a recommendation chart, something of the form "If you like (common apple), you might like (rare apples), which are also (characteristics)." That way when I have a few unusual options in front of me, I can make better guesses as to what's going to be good.
It would also help if I knew better places to seek out unusual, fresh apples. Even here in the heart of apple country, they lie low. Or maybe I'm just lazy.
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#9I though it was referring to the rather splendid Danish film Adam's Apples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Apples One never knows what kind of treat one may find.
I had the same thought :)
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#10I love stuff like this. I searched my favorite variety [0] and learned that the genetics are actually patented and the university that owns it has an entire program for breeding apples [1]. [0]: https://adamapples.blogspot.com/2008/10/honeycrisp.html [1]: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/varieties/fruit/apples
Checkout the new cheaper bariany Cosmic Crisp.
Still a bit hard to find it seems but cheaper because less susceptible to rot issues i believe.