[Sca-cooks] Finding "period" Apples

[Daniel Myers]

Thanks for the pointer.

Applesource.com appears to carry the Calville Blanc D'Hiver and the Winter
Pearmain (they have White Winter Pearmain - the same?.  I'll have to put in
an order when it's time.  If I'm really lucky I'll be able to talk my wife
into planting a period variety in the back yard (though I'm not holding my
breath).

Side note:  I noticed a variety on your list called "Sops of Wine".  Could
this have been a precursor to the modern "Winesap"?



Quoted from david friedman - 4/24/02, 1:36 PM -0700:
>>Quoted from david friedman - 4/24/02, 10:49 AM -0700:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>There is a firm called "Applesource" that will mail you boxes of
>>>apples of any of a very large number of varieties, including some
>>>period ones. Useful if you like to taste before you plant.
>>>--
>>>David/Cariadoc
>>>http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
>>
>>I found their web site (http://www.applesource.com/) but there's no
>>indication of which apples are the period varieties.  Do they carry more
>>varieties than they list, or are the period ones just not described as such?
>
>For some reason I can't get to that URL at the moment. I don't think
>they classify apples by when they originated, since their interest is
>in varieties, not history. You can find some information on period
>varieties in an article in the Miscellany, which is webbed at:
>
>http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Miscellany.htm
>
>It's the second article in the section written in persona.
>
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