The 'Reinette Grise' has a nice sweet/acid balance. It reminds me of 'Gravenstein' a little, and has a similar flesh texture.
While it can be eaten fresh as I just did, I suspect it would be better as apple sauce and apple butter, or in a mix with firmer-fleshed apples. #FruitToot
Here in Bilbao, I've seen 'Reinette Grise (du Canada)' in two stores. I bought it at both.
In the second store, I saw other apples that were not worldwide apple cultivars but they didn't have labels so I asked. I'm not sure I remember the whole answer, though!
One is 'Rosetti', which I can't find much information on. He called another 'Reinette Verte'.
https://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?varid=5264&&acc4=1956065 #FruitToot
Getting repeated server errors when I try to upload this to my hort sci account, so here it is.
The first loquats I bought this week are on the bottom. Smaller but WOW the flavor. My favorites.
The middle I bought the next day.
And the packaged ones were bought today, but have the same problem all do - I was walking home and sometimes had them in my pack all day and forgot about them. They're all bruised to heck. #FruitToot
Why You Don’t Need Thousands of Words to Speak a Language
Posting this because these sorts of citrus "floats" and statues were very common at citrus shows in California in the early 1900s.
The biggest loquats I've ever seen.
I bought from this booth the other day, but in the afternoon. This morning I was there only a half hour after opening and not all the stuff was even displayed yet. So I think the giant ones were sold out when I arrived before. Wowza. #FruitToot #Valencia
Loquats (nísperos) are in season. I've had loquats in the US and most aren't worth my time, but I suspected they had better cultivars over here so I bought a few to try.
I just ate one and it was terrific! Highly recommended! #FruitToot
Mangosteens and passion fruits at Mercat Central in València this afternoon.
Many booths had already packed up for the day, their fruits sold. #Spain #FruitToot
The biggest peach myth in America
This seems to be sponsored content, but the general story seems to hold up.
Something they don't mention about US peach production is the split between fresh eating peaches and peach cultivars that were bred for canning.
A lot of the peaches grown in the US are grown for canning, including in California. Del Monte declared bankruptcy, which hit peach growers hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUI67ioIR0 #Agriculture #FruitToot #History #Georgia
I'd seen it on the internet before, but yesterday I saw my first in-person example of vivipary in strawberry. And took this photo with a botanical loupe this morning. 14x,
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