Dorsett Golden apples

Love this.

Coauthors and I published a paper on an apple ancestry model: rdcu.be/fnI6j With this model scientists can estimate the wild species ancestry of any apple sample genotyped on the same set of DNA markers. We will be applying the model to a big dataset of >11,000 accessions in our next publication.

I'm totally over my head with this but there seems to be a new way to analyze data to show not specific apple PEDIGREE (eg, Keepsale x MN1627), but SPECIES ANCESTRY (Malus sylvestris et al.).

That's DESERT, not "dessert"

Fresh apple desert! What's left to eat in June? adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/06/two-...

Everyone who rides a lot has stories like this. Mine involved a mom in a van with her little boy. She said she was "teaching me a lesson."

Hooray! Today is World Cider D--

Worth a listen, even if you do not live in New England! Broadcast/podcast #apples adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/05/popu...

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Bring it ON

These are a spring go-to for me. Still, they show their age. I wish we were getting some of the New Zealand harvest in May, like we used to.

I don't ever see it often enough but Opal is probably my current favorite grocery store apple when I find it.

Help me revise this, #Applesky! What to eat in April: I wrote this evaluation of spring supermarket apples in 2010. What would you change in light of new varieties? EG Lady Alice, Evercrisp,...? adamapples.blogspot.com/2010/04/off-...

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Well the floods are receding, it has resulted in some restoration work to come when we can work in the orchard without pugging the grass. Pruning will be later for sure. Yesterday we saw some glimpses of sunshine and the sunlight on this apple warmed my heart after days of rain. #apple #orchard #

Got it in one, picture-posting bot!

Bud-blossom report! adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/04/spri...

The answer is no. This is my number one apple.

It's GoldRush season! Q Is there any better keeper? #apples adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/04/unbo...

I have posted a few articles on scientific methods in cider making Science is useful but cider making is an art & tasting through the various stages is required to build up a mental library of your apples and cider flavours when it’s good & also when it’s bad #cider #apples #pears #perry #tasting

Quite like the look of this one

Let the revels begin! Pomological spring.

jonathan apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1934

Likely this is "WESTFIELD Seek-No-Further," but back in that day the use of superlatives like nonpareil, seek-no-further, nonsuch was a commonplace branding. Not unlike modern usage of [word] + "Crisp" to suggest an improved Honeycrisp etc.

Not 100% sure I WANT to know but this is clearly on my beat and, well, now we all know it too.

I like this one

Same here with written communications. AI word wooze = involuntary gorge raise

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Baldwin is such a great apple that it deserves a statue.

If you're in the islands, come graft yourself a (probably) Monmouth at one of @kwiaht.org's upcoming scion exchanges: March 21st on San Juan, March 29th on Lopez, and April 4th on Orcas.

"Can I tell you about my new favorite apples" is not even a QUESTION

winter banana apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1911

Works for me

Nagano Shingu Japanese red fleshed apple

Report from First False Spring #apples adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

Thread

Surely "Cortland." Having a moment with me.

Most visited page of my blog this time of year. Tells you something. adamapples.blogspot.com/2019/03/cosm...

It’s in the caption. Difficult to make out— there’s a hasty unclosed a in baccata (the species names are is also capitalized, but we’ll let that slide).

We are bubbling with excitement, our latest exhibition launches on Saturday! Between the 14th March and 23rd August discover the power of pop in a new temporary exhibition. Explore the history of sparkling cider and find out how your favourite drinks get their fizz. More details on our website...

Cortland #apples age very well into the winter: adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/03/cort...

Seek no further.

This in every state please. Especially mine.

Beautiful! And here’s a black oxford from our orchard. Extraordinary apples, btw.

Yui japanese apple www.haradasyubyo.jp/2018/11/984/

northern spy apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1922

Started and ran a chain of lunch cafeterias in NYC

Well, this is a first, and a rather delightful one at that. Thank you Adam, for your very kind words. Much appreciated 😊