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  • From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
  • To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Overlooked apple
  • Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 16:23:29 -0500

One excellent eating apple that gets overlooked a lot is the McCoun - it wasn't even listed in the otherwise excellent "Apples for the 20th Century". I guess that it's only grown locally (in the north east).

It is considered a "Macintosh type" apple, and it has a similar flavor to the Mac. To my palette, it is not as rich in aromatics as a good mac, but it gets sweeter and keeps a little better than a mac. It also has a terrific crunch. It is nearly as crunchy as a honeycrisp, but it's softer (easier to chew) and juicier than a honeycrisp. It also holds up better in pie and such than a mac, although it can be cooked down to a good sauce. It looks similar to a macintosh, but is not as flat, and has slightly square shoulders.

Does anyone know why this apple is so rarely mentioned? Does it not grow well elsewhere? It is not a rare apple - there's a huge market for it in the Boston area.

Thanks,
Ginda Fisher





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