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My first impression was Lodi also, due to the color and the blandness 
of the yellow ones. I personally like green Lodi apples eaten fresh, 
when they have a bit of tartness and texture to them. 
We used to eat green apples with salt when I was a young boy despite 
my mother's warning that the salt was a bad idea. They sure were good 
though, these days I have to agree with my mother about the salt.

Kevin B



--- In nafex@y..., "David Doud" <doudone@n...> wrote:
> Possibly 'Lodi' - an 'improved' Transparent introduced because it's 
slightly
> earlier and bigger - tip-off is that it didn't lose its shape in 
cooking -
> Transparent cooks into a very smooth sauce quickly - Lodi does not 
and is
> therefore a source of dissapointment to people when misrepresented 
as
> Transparent -
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kieran or Donna" <redherring@t...>
> To: <nafex@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 2:45 PM
> Subject: [nafex] Re: low acid apple
> 
> 
> > I got a call from a little old lady last week asking me to come 
pick some
> > apples.  I'd picked up apples from under another apple tree in 
her yard a
> > few years ago, and
> > well, you know how us NAFEXers can entertain people, so naturally 
she
> > thought of me when the other tree outdid itself this year. I 
could hardly
> > put a foot down under the tree without stepping on apples.  I 
tasted one,
> > and
> > my first thought  was, "This is a pretty sorry excuse for an 
apple."  I
> > tried a few more, from slightly yellow to mostly green, (it 
doesn't change
> > color much) and still there was no acid, and not much taste.  I 
picked up
> > about 5 gallons of them off the ground, and by the time I was 
done, I was
> > thinking I'd make some bland wine to blend with the plum wine I'd 
started,
> > to tone down the acid a bit, and I'd make some cobblers and pies 
that for
> > once my husband could not complain about being too sour.  They'd 
be good
> in
> > curries too, so we had to stop at our friends house and get some 
nice
> > organic beefalo for the curry.  I gave them a bunch of apples, 
and she got
> > out the salt.  I never ate salt on apples, and had to admit it 
was good.
> > She gave me a bunch of eggplant from another old lady, and we 
headed home,
> > my head teaming with recipe ideas.
> >        I've read that the point of the sweet nonacid apples was 
to cut
> down
> > on the need for sugar.  I think they could simply serve as a 
substitute
> for
> > sugar. The curry was great, and my husband loved the cobbler I 
made.  I
> > myself ate 5 apples raw (with salt) before breakfast this 
morning, and at
> > least that
> > many while cooking yesterday.  They aren't all that big, but I 
don't know
> of
> > any other apples I would eat that many of.  They don't have all 
that much
> > taste, they aren't real crisp, but don't get mushy (don't lose 
shape in
> > cooking either) and they are pretty juicy.  I got to thinking 
about some
> > NAFEXer up north who had an article in Pomona offering an apple 
he had
> > raised.  He said it
> > wasn't a high flavored apple, was not at all striking, but that a 
person
> > could easily eat 3-5 of them without thinking about it.  This 
apple is
> like
> > that, though I expect his is better.  Another advantage of this 
one is a
> > nice thin skin that's fine to leave on in cooking, like the 
summer apples
> > have.  It's only been 36 hours, and already my
> > opinion has changed 180 degrees.  I actually think I know where 
there are
> 3
> > more trees of it, I picked a few apples off the ground a few 
years ago,
> and
> > was not a bit impressed, especially as
> > the first year they were a bit bitter.  I remember the owners 
were really
> > proud of the trees, and I thought they were crazy.  I thought the 
only
> > reason such trees would have been planted would be for blending 
for hard
> > cider.
> >     Now I am wondering if maybe I ought to graft a tree for 
myself.
> Another
> > nice thing about it is that it's coming on during that lull 
between the
> > early and the late apples. I don't see any CAR on the tree, not 
that that
> > means much in town.  They do have some apple maggot, which 
surprises me,
> > because though I do find them here, I don't notice them all that 
often.  I
> > wonder, do they tend to hit only apples from a certain time of 
year, or
> can
> > they get all varieties from early to late?  I don't see any 
codling moth,
> > but that too is hit or miss here.  Mostly hits, but not always.
> >     Does anyone have any clues as to what variety it might be?  
One thing
> > peculiar about it is that not only are some of the fruit 
flattish, but the
> > concave area on the bottom is large, and the lower curve up to 
the cavity
> > more of a corner than a curve.  Donna TN z6
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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