Friday, September 27, 2013

An apple by any other name...

I love the cultivar names of fruits, especially apples. I imagine if you are a botanist/orchardist, naming an apple is as satisfying as naming a baby!

At my local orchard there are dozens, each one sounds like the title of a poem. There's Autumn GoldHoneycrisp, Cheiftain, Wolf River, Empire, Red Baron and my favorite Song of September. And indeed, they sometimes do taste like poetry.

I'll be out at Wilson's this Saturday, from 10am to 11:30am, demonstrating scratchboard and having art activities on hand for kids of all ages.  Stop by and tell me what you would call your apple and why....


2 comments:

Julia Kelly said...

Wish I could be there- love your apple , we were making cider from ours the deer and bear didn't get this year!!

Claudia said...

I wish I could have a glass of your cider! I also love that you write that so casually about the apples that the "bear didn't get this year!"

I hope you are well and that the Colorado waters are receding. The post clean-up can be so challenging.

Enjoy your cider!

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