A Brief History of New England Apples - New England Apples (2024)

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A Brief History of New England Apples - New England Apples? ›

WHEN THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVED in the New World, they found no apples, only a few types of wild crabapples. The earliest record of cultivated apples in New England appeared in 1623, just three years after the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock.

MCINTOSH. Although native to Ontario, the Mac is the most popular apple variety in New England. Tender, tart flesh makes it a good match for applesauce, cider, and eating out of your hand.

The earliest known mention of apples in England was by King Alfred in about 885 AD in his writings of “Gregory's Pastoral Care”. There are several mentions of cherries being cultivated in Britain by the Romans especially in Kent due to its favourable climate and soil.

Roxbury Russet is generally recognised to be the oldest apple variety which originated in North America, and its history can be traced back to the colonial era.

A bookish, eccentric loner, the early English settler nurtured what historians believe were the first apple orchards in what's now the U.S. in present-day Boston in the 1620s. His name Blaxton is often modernized as Blackstone.

Washington is renowned for its diverse and delicious apple varieties, with Fuji, Gala, and Red Delicious standing out.

Who's America's Favorite Apple? Originating in Iowa in the 1870s, for more than 50 years the Red Delicious apple has been the number one apple in America.

A quick history lesson about humankind, and as it all started with an apple tree; I can't think of a better way than talking about the history of the apple. Three apples that have changed the world: Eaten by Eve; Fallen on Newton; Created by Steve Jobs.

Why don't farmers grow apples from seed? (Each seed is genetically unique, meaning that when it grows into a mature tree, the apples it produces will be different from those produced by its parent trees.)

Apple Inc., originally Apple Computer, Inc., is a multinational corporation that creates and markets consumer electronics and attendant computer software, and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple's core product lines are the iPhone smartphone, iPad tablet computer, and the Macintosh personal computer.

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As of May 2021, the project has discovered 29 lost apple varieties. Some of the lost apple varieties that the project has found in Washington and Idaho include the Streaked Pippin, the Sary Sinap, and the Nero. Nero, which was discovered at Steptoe Butte, was the first old apple variety found by Benscoter.

The crabapple is the only apple native to North America.

Etymology. The word apple, whose Old English ancestor is æppel, is descended from the Proto-Germanic noun *aplaz, descended in turn from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. As late as the 17th century, the word also functioned as a generic term for all fruit, including nuts.

Apples are rich sources of selected micronutrients (e.g., iron, zinc, vitamins C and E) and polyphenols (e.g., procyanidins, phloridzin, 5′‐caffeoylquinic acid) that can help in mitigating micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) and chronic diseases.

Baldwin began as a seedling in the northeastern Massachusetts town of Wilmington, sometime before 1750. The apple was named for a Colonel Baldwin, who grafted trees from the original seedling.

Early settlers traded fruit, trees, and seeds with American Indians. In the eighteenth century fruit, including apples, pears (also introduced by the Jesuits), and plums, was a staple food among the Iroquois of the Mohawk Valley and as far west as the Niagara.

McIntosh is the best-selling apple in the northeastern United States and in Canada. The apple has white, tender, crisp flesh that's spicy, highly aromatic and full of juice. The characteristic flavor carries over into sauce, but in a pie the slices lose their shape. Macs are the principal cider apple in the Northeast.

Three prominent characteristic foodstuffs native to New England are maple syrup, cranberries and blueberries. The traditional standard starch is potato, though rice has a somewhat increased popularity in modern cooking.

Royal Gala

Britain's favourite apple with stripy red skin, a crisp bite and delivering a wonderfully sweet flavour.

Red Delicious Apple

Red Delicious is one of the most famous American apples, and one of the most widely grown apple varieties. Also in Iran around 1.5 million tons of the total 3.7-million-ton Iranian apple fruit production is Red Delicious apple. Red delicious are medium-sized and have a conical shape.