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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org" <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [OFEX] Lady Apple
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:44:37 -0500


Hi Biz,

Here is something for your records. I wonder if a linguist could trace the root word "Api" of antiquity, to the modern word "apple"....

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LADY APPLE - This exquisitely beautiful little dessert apple delights the eye as much as the palate. Small flattish in shape, its shiny skin ranges from creamy yellow in the shade to a deep glossy crimson on the side next to the sun. Its flesh is tender, white, crisp, very juicy, refreshing and slightly perfumed with the best of the flavor in the skin, which should always be eaten. As Jean de la Quintinye said, "it may be eaten greedily at a chop with its coat all on." Known in Europe as "Api" or "Pomme d'Apis," the Lady Apple is of great antiquity, which some writers trace back to Appius Claudius the Roman censor who constructed the Appian Way. It was grown in the gardens of Louis XIII at Orleans in 1628 and was a favorite France dessert apple " which the ladies of France carry in their pockets by reason they yield no unpleasant scent." From the earliest days in America it has always been a fancy apple used not only for dessert at Christmas time, but also, because of its striking red and yellow skin, for Della Robia wreaths and garlands of fruit. It makes a fine dwarf tree which bears heavily. A good keeper- late October.
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  • [OFEX] Lady Apple, Thomas Olenio, 03/31/2005

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