Volume 20 Number 1 Article 9 Pages: 18-19
Year 1966 Month 1
Title: My Favorite Dessert Apples
Author: R.D. Way
Citation
Abstract:
The author was asked to list his
twenty choicest dessert varieties of
apples.
This is his list of twenty in
the approximate order of taste preference:
'Spigold', 'Macoun', 'Golden Delicious',
'Esopus Spitzenburg', 'N.Y.
45500-5' (McIntosh x Delicious), 'N.Y.
43013-1' (Golden Delicious x Jonathan),
'Jonathan', 'Yellow Newtown',
'Northern Spy', 'Patricia', 'Red Melba',
'Cox Orange', 'Golden Russet', 'Orleans
Reinette', 'Spartan', 'Tydeman Early',
'Mutsu', 'Tompkins King', 'Spencer' and
'Kidds Orange Red'.
The many characteristics which influence
fruit quality cannot be measured
as a composite by using objective
analytical methods.
For this reason,
any list of favorite varieties is
necessarily based on subjective evaluation.
Any list is a personal list; only
rarely can two persons agree on the
twenty best varieties.
Many personal factors influence
one's choice of favorite varieties.
The
taste of the green apples that a boy
steals from the neighbor's orchard may
set a standard of perfection for life.
Or, a scientist who makes estimates of
fruit quality for purposes of evaluating
apple varieties for their commercial
usefulness may be strongly
influenced by the training of his teachers - 'Yellow Newtown' has a long history
of good quality, therefore, it has
good quality.
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