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[Hector Black <hblack@twlakes.net>]

Hec sez:
    They are not mush, but it an apple that tends towards the mealy side in
April.  It's quite hard earlier but flavorful all along.  They don't pick
them here till Oct.  We use them in pies and also sauce - both very good.
    Hector Black, zone 6 middle TN.  Garage is attached to Kitchen with lots
of traffic.  We shut the garage door when it gets down towards zero F.  Only
problem last winter was some durn critter unwrapped and ate our half bushel
before we got to them.  Never left a core or piece of peel so I suspect it
took them out of the building.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fuwa fuwa usagi" <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:51 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Re: nafex Digest, Vol 8, Issue 49


> Hector wrote:
>
> Re: [NAFEX] Speaking bluntly...Arkansas BlackHey 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.
>
> My reply:
>
> Hmmm...do the store crisp or turn to mush?   An unheated garage?
Wow...when do they ripen where you are at?   I am north of you and I know
that my unheated garage gets  warmer than 50 for most of Sept, Oct and part
of Nov so I am surprised they keep that well.
>
> So by cooking are you saucing them, frying them, baking them, using them
in pie or what.
>
> Very curious,
>
> the fluffy bunny
>
>
>
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