We drove out to Hood river this afternoon to get out of town for a bit, and go back to Rasmussen Farm for some good, fresh apples. The kind you can’t easily get in Portland.
We got a grab bag of about 9 different varieties.. Mitsu, Golden and Red Delicious, Fuji, Braeburn, Honeycrisp, Arkansas Black, Spitzenberg and Winesap.. and others. We immediately washed off 6 for the drive back into Hood River we just couldn’t wait to sink our teeth into to those apples. They just looked soo good.
Of the ones we had, Winesap was clearly the most memorable. Christy too the first bite and immediately declared that it tasted like wine.. Guessing that has something to indicate why whoever named it, decided on winesap.
Anyway, it was incredibly crisp, with a fairly tough skin, and a tart, minerally winey taste. Grapey.
It just stood out completely from the the typical apple. Beautiful… Turns out that it’s one of the oldest, most notable apples in North America tracing back to New Jersey in 1817 as a variety meant for cider, which would seem to make sense with it’s winey-ness.
The other stand-out was the Arkansas Black. Smaller than the others but super crisp and increasibly rich and meaty. I’d label it my second favorite of the haul.
I’ll post images from the trip soon.
No related posts.
0 Responses to “Winesap Apple”