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).

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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 😊

Very hard to do justice, but here is my review (& shoutout) re @orchardnotes.com eclectic website and blog! adamapples.blogspot.com/2026/02/appl...

What an absolutely gorgeous, sexy, smashing looking apple that everybody hates these days

Downing (1872) seems to concur with the illustration rather than the photo... Maybe the modern version you sampled was a bit more sun-blushed, or just growing in different soil conditions, which is why it was more highly-coloured?

Are we sure about this one?

Winslow Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. Born in 1836 he became prominent American oil painter. Winslow Homer captured the practical side of orchard life in this wood engraving "Spring Farm Work-Grafting" published in Harper's Weekly, Apr 30 1870. #apple #grafting #art

Yes!

So much sporting.

Anna apple flowers

stayman winesap apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1906

It took MONTHS to even locate my father-in-law's body.

Photographing a piece of fruit is surprisingly difficult. Do not ask me how I know this.

Fellow apple nerds: are there varieties that consistently ripen with white skin (and a pink blush)? I had initially thought this was a Winter Banana, but the genetics don't match (they don't match anything in WSU's database), and it is too white and too soft. Photos from fall 2022