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Nothing compares to the strangely increasingly rare Winesap (Stayman, if you want to be technical). Unbelievable apple for eating and cooking, everything. Tart, juicy, crispy. I cannot believe how rare they are now. As a youth they were quite prevalent around here.

“Nothing compares to the strangely increasingly rare Winesap (Stayman, if you want to be technical).”

Stayman is a variety of the Winesap.

http://roodremarks.com/2012/10/13/winesap-or-stayman/

I was having similar thoughts in the produce aisle today. The Winesap was my dad’s preferred apple.

miserare, I miss my tree. It was a Jonadel. I didn't think the apples that tasty for eating but they were wonderful for cooking. Some years they didn't get wormy and not all did. People would stop and pick them up, guys in company vehicles lol. Others would ask for bags of them. They were especially desirable because I didn't spray them. The tree ended up with a big Y. Lost the north half in a storm. The other half succumbed to being knocked down when my huge tree dropped a large limb. I finally had the big soft maple cut down but my back yard will never be as nice again. Still it's a relief when it storms. I would pick a plain Jonathan or something you suggested if I knew what they tasted like. I've got a couple Braeburns in the fridge, haven't cut into them yet. I just hate peeling apples and I can't chew them very well these days.

OlLine Rebel, your screen name is hard to read. I don't know too much about apples other than I don't generally like the store apples. My parents used to go to an orchard that still is in business. I grabbed a couple bags of Jonathans from them at the store; they didn't last long. My mother liked Northern Spy. They only produce every other year and are green. But they are big and wonderful for baking.

I should eat an apple every day. I usually get Granny Smith if I want to cook something but they aren't the best. Some are saying to use a combination of different apples in pies, etc. No wonder.

I used to like Yellow Deliicious but they're usually green in the store. The one I just hate are what everybody buys. Red Delicious. Guess it ships well. I won't knowingly eat the things.

What I really miss is my Moorpark apricot tree. I got a chance to get it cut down free by the utility company so I let it go. Many years it would succumb to late frosts. So I was thinking about getting a Sungold and a Moongold; you have to have two, but I don't have a good place for them except in front on the grassy part by the street. If I weren't getting so old, I would do it. Maybe I will do it anyway. Dogs will pi$$ on them though. Like anything else I plant close to the sidewalk in front. Like some nice daylilies, not those orange ones that pop up everywhere around here. Dogs or not dragging water out there has pretty much ruined them.

I miss gardening but my back is totally shot and I don't have any family that will help; one daughter but can't count on it. So I gave it up and propagated a beautiful geranium my daughter gave me. I can still do that.

They were talking about growing tomatoes inside. I'll talk about tomatoes some other time.