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["Judi Stewart" <js@olympus.net>]

I've been told that the Opalescent is the 2nd best pie baking apple.
Pies
that my friends and I have made with it are delicious. I take what I
need for baking and leave that apple on the tree long after all the
leaves have fallen in the orchard. It hangs on the tree like big bright
red Christmas ornaments.  Eventually the goats enjoy them.

Judi
 

<I've not cooked with many apples aside from the typical Granny Smith or
Northern Spy.  A friend of mine recently asked me what was considered to
be the quintessential pie apple these days, and whether there were
better options out there aside from the Granny Smith he's been using.  I
can't offer much firsthand experience as of yet, so I thought I'd post
the question on NAFEX to hear what others think.>