To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] firm cooking apples (was Bramley)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:23:11 -0400
Thanks everyone.
Charlie - you live in my general neighborhood. Where can I buy
Northern Spies? (reply off list if you like.) I see a few of them
for one week at one market, and wonder if anyone sells them in more
quantity.
Stephen, I will have to try a multi-variety pie with an eye towards
slices in sauce, as you suggest. Perhaps Spy and Macintosh.
Of the other suggested apples, I can buy a few Goldrush or Newton
Pippin (like Northern Spy), Jonagold, Stayman Winesap, and of course
Macoun, which is very popular around here and is in the supermarket
in season. I find Macoun cooks similarly to McIntosh. (Maybe I
overcook it?)
I've never seen Suncrisp or Cox's Orange pippin for sale locally. Or
a Prairie Spy. Is that a really different apple or just a sport of N
Spy, do you think?
Thanks again. I will think of you in pie season. :)