TODAY IN THE ORCHARD

Cammy and I spent much of day at the Apple Farm in Fairfield picking apples for the CSA. We were joined by Khris and Lizzie Hogg. We picked small amounts of Milden, Windham Russet, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Frostbite (MN 447) and Roxbury Russet, as well larger amounts of Winter Banana and Gray Pearmain. Gray Pearmain is one of our favorite dessert (fresh eating) varieties that probably originated in Skowhegan, only a few miles from the Apple Farm. It is a beautiful, partly russeted Pearmain that actually does have a pear-like flavor. (Most “pear” mains do not!) Morning temperature at Super Chilly Farm was 26F. Winter is coming.