Harvard Farmers Market

Apples and Horse — that is what Harvard, MA is known for locally.  So when I arrived here and didn’t know what my favorite variety of apple was I felt a little unlike the rest of the locals.  Now I know, my favorites are Empire’s and Cortlands to eat, but ask me not about the best use for all the rest.  I simply don’t know.

Which is why I am so excited to share with you this book.  Living across the street from the biggest farm in New England (Carlson Orchards) and just down the road from the Very Fine plant, I can’t wait to learn which varieties are best for apple crisp, vs, apple pie, or applesauce, or juice or whatever else you can do with apples.

Click to buy the: The Apple Source Book: Particular Uses for Diverse Apples by Sue Clifford and Angela King with Philippa Davenport.

From the England in Particular:

The Apple Source Book is a celebration of nearly 3,000 varieties of apple we can grow in these islands, with their distinctive flavours, uses, places of origin, stories and associated customs.
Recipes from 52 chefs, food writers and gardeners are complemented by a wealth of useful information about apple identification, orchards, wild life, specialist nurseries, suppliers of fruit, blossom routes, Community Orchards as well as ideas for Apple Day, wassailing, juice pressing, cider making and a 40 page county by county gazetteer of where varieties originated.
Taking the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity that we should not let slip away, The Apple Source Book demonstrates how anyone can make a difference.