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[Hector Black <hblack@twlakes.net>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Speaking bluntly...Arkansas Black

Hey Rick,

    For several years we've bought from a half bushel to 2 bushels of Ark. Blacks to eat in the winter.  They're quite good by December, and are one of the easiest apples to store at home.  We wrap them in newspaper and store them in an unheated garage.  Not the finest apple I've ever tasted but they are quite passable and good in cooking.

    Hector Black zone 6 middle TN

----- Original Message -----

From: Rick Valley

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:42 PM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Speaking bluntly...Arkansas Black

Has anyone had the personal experience of ever eating a Arkansas Black apple that they thought was worth a darn?

Yes, but only after it had been stored for at least six months, if not longer.  It was better for cooking, even so.  The fruit was from an area called Apple Hill in the foothills east of Sacramento, in gold rush country.  
-Lon Rombough

The Apple Hill area also has, I hear, relatively rich soils (esp. in P)(for uplands at least)

I have never met anyone who likes both Bud Lite AND anchovies (which latter I truly enjoy if they are of good quality, but mostly they are used as an ingredient)
I have never had a good Arkie Black; I had assumed it would help to go to Arkansas for the tasting.

-Rick

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