Reader Comments on Season's Best 5 Apples from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:01:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-09/food/top-five-apples Whenever I see an article on apples, I never see Northern Spies listed. My mother always favored them for pies. I grew up in Ithaca, N.Y. where apples from the Cornell University Apple Orchards were always plentiful. Are Northern Spies not grown any more, or are they not grown in New England, or was my mom unusual in her choice of a favorite apple for making pies? Thank you for your time considering this matter. Sincerely, Jackie Adrion Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:20:54 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-09/food/top-five-apples I also remember my Mother using Northern Spies for pie, especially at Thanksgiving. They are a later apple that stores well. They are still grown, but in talking with a friend who owns an orchard, I learned that the trees require more work as they can grow quite large. But they are still grown around Keene NH and in fact I just picked some yesterday and plan to save some for my Thanksgiving pie. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:49:33 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-09/food/top-five-apples We always used the 20 oz.apples for baking. I don't know the formal name for them, but they made firm tart pies, and no one in the family ever bought anything else. I'd be glad to hear other opinions on which is the best overall. Thanks, Mary Ellen Bello Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:16 +0100