SC - Apples?

[david friedman]

At 1:58 AM -0400 10/19/00, LadyEbonSwan at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/19/00 1:57:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>HOONTW at libra.unm.edu writes:
>
><< I was reading something about apples, and realized that most of the variety
>  I commonly use are new world or Aussie/NZ breeds.  What was the common
>  size/shape/flavor of the medieval European apple?  What of the modern,
>  easily available apples, most approximates it?
>   >>
>
>     I seem to recall there being something in Cariodoc's Miscellany
>concerning modern equivalents to apple varieties...the only one that's coming
>off the top of my head is Sops of Wine...sometimes referred to as winesaps.

1. My article discusses period or near period (and so possibly 
period) apple varieties that are still available, of which there are 
several. Unfortunately, although you can get the trees from 
nurseries, none of the apples are routinely available in grocery 
stores. Summer Rambos used to be available in the area of Pennsic at 
about the time of Pennsic, but I haven't been able to find them there 
for many years. Lady apples occasionally show up in grocery stores 
around Christmas.

You can find the articles in the webbed Miscellany

2. I'm pretty sure that Sops of Wine is not the same thing as winesap.

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