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Apple season is here

Posted on September 9th, 2008 – 10:42 AM
By Jaime Chismar

Our unusually cool weather may mark the end of our summer growing season, but there are some advantages to an early fall.

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Sweet, sour and crisp — Apple season is here with promises of pies, cobblers and sauce. You can fire up the oven without overheating the house, fill the kitchen with the scents of cinnamon, nutmeg or cardamom — then devour the leftovers for breakfast. Yum!

The farmers markets already offer a good selection of early varieties. Favorites like Honeycrisps, Honeygolds and Haralsons aren’t too far behind!

So, how do you celebrate apple season? With delicious dumplings? Perfect pies? Are you into apple picking, cider pressing or just ol’ fashioned apple eating?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am and is filed under Apples, Plums + Tree fruits. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

9 Responses to "Apple season is here"

Chris says:

September 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am

Apple pie w/ crumb topping using Haralson’s is my husbabds favorite. All make apple crisp and cook them for sauce. Love that tartness.

Jaime Chismar says:

September 9th, 2008 at 11:55 am

I agree! Haralsons are super tasty. I usually add a little lemon to the apples for extra zing.

Robyn Dochterman says:

September 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

I’m a fan of honeygolds for eating out of hand. I know, I’m supposed to be nuts about Zestars and Honeycrisps — and I am — but I just love Honeygolds. I’m also looking forward to my Snowsweet trees getting big enough to produce.

Mary Schier says:

September 9th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Pretty soon I’ll be making applesauce–the chunky kind my kids love. Since we don’t spray, sauce is the best way to use up our Haralson apples.

Peter Hoh says:

September 9th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Cherokee Crabapples are at the farmers’ market right now. In a week or two, they’ll be gone. Get ‘em while you can.

Anneesha says:

September 10th, 2008 at 6:20 am

Does anyone know anything about the miniature apple trees (Jung’s has them in their catalog) that basically have a trunk with very minimal branching, and the fruits are held close to the trunk - good for small spaces?

Jaime Chismar says:

September 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am

I saw those, too. I wonder if you need two to pollinate?

Bubbles says:

September 13th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

We bought Zestar!s at the U of MN Apple House past the arboretum last Sunday. A tub of Abdallah’s caramel dip (oink, oink) was a fine accompaniment to the apple pieces.
He Who Shall Remain Nameless eats apples out of hand — his favorite fruit.

Apple crisp happens. Easier to make a small quantity of that than a whole pie for only two people.
-Bubbles

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