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| The roxbury russet is my favorite apple. I almost cried when the Rutland Co-op ran out of them this fall. |
1. No other fruit can match the apple for
variety. It can be russetted, smooth, dimpled, seamed and seamless.
It can be an almost translucent yellow, bright green, or a red so
deep it looks black. It can be tart, sweet, juicy, dry, red-veined,
pink-fleshed, tiny, and softball sized. Whereas a banana is pretty
much a banana.
2. Apples are always being unfairly
identified as the fruit Adam and Eve ate to bring the curse upon us
all. And despite having been saddled with this monstrous bad rap have
you ever heard apples complain of the injustice?
3. Apples require a certain number of
“chill days,” times during their dormancy when the temperature
falls below freezing, for them to produce fruit. This is a rebuke to
the softness of the south, a redeeming feature of our otherwise
hateful winters, and a ready made sermon illustration.
4. The trees from which the apples come
are uncommonly beautiful in every season.
5. An apple requires no more effort for
enjoyment than the effort involved in biting. But it can be peeled
and pared and made into a hundred delightful dishes and an
indispensable ingredient in many more.
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