Got it in one, picture-posting bot!

Yes, I wish she would post here regularly.

Baleful voice: Spring is coming!

Springing forth An aspirational 2018 Orchard Management Plan proposed to plant and graft a thoughtful assortment of desert, culinary, and cider apples.

Bud-blossom report!
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Peace Garden * Adorable #apple.

Not an adjective I usually apply to apples, but my brain went immediately back to this:

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Kind of rhetorical question, to be honest

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

Unboxing GoldRush, that king of keeper appless, is ready to eat.

It's GoldRush season!

Q Is there any better keeper? #apples

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Tasting Kingston Black for ripeness.

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

Le Guin again, see the start of Rocannon's World

Quite like the look of this one

I forget in which essay Ursula Le Guin pointed that out: "War and Peace" is a parallel-world story etc.

Let the revels begin! Pomological spring.

jonathan apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1934

jonathan apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1934

Ahem Worcester is the second largest city in New England, near lots of great stuff etc. who says it's not up to snuff? 80% of America lives in urban areas, but cities are demonized as hellholes by MAGA.

Lucy Gem™, Apple (Semi-Dwarf) - Pretty Edible Plants A very new variety, this unique and beautiful apple has a yellow skin with red blush and a striking pink flesh. It is juicy and crisp with complex berry-like flavors. Bred in Washington State by Bill ...

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You got my attention with that! Howell is the creator of the other Lucys too.

Wait, Lucy GEM? Which one is that?

(I know Glow and Rose)

what's the right amt for a 79 year old to be into politics? Both my US Senators are in their 70s and they are doing a good job imo.

Kissabel A surprise inside this modern apple.

I thought that for red-flesh novelty, they weren't bad. But my samples were fresher.
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Westfield Seek-No-Further originated in Westfield, Massachusetts (near Springfield).

Westfield Seek-No-Further returns Seek-no-further has a wonderful delicate flavor that dances a little bit with lychee and a little with toast, but is wholly its own.

The painting does look a bit like Westfield
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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.

Honestly I think this says more about the "carbon capture" industry than anything else. (Catch and release?)

I like this one

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

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

Sneaky.