When it comes to apples, is there any month like October?
I ate 62 apples last month, 23 different identifiable varieties and 2 apples I could not place.
They were great.
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| October is apple month |
I've been tracking my apple consumption this year. Here's what the record shows for October.
October (and September) is prime time for Macoun. I took full advantage last month, eating 13 of these wonderful fruits while they were fresh and at peak.
But I also love variety and ate 49 other apples in October. The full list is at the end of this report.
Sixty-two apples is 16 more than I ate in September, when I had only 10 Macouns.
In October I ate apples every day, at least 2 apples most days and sometimes as many as 4.
A pie chart (see what I did there?) might seem to be especially called for to display these data.
However my fall apple diet is so eclectic that the chart is mostly a lot of skinny slices.
Eating October: 23 varieties
There are so many great choices during the harvest! Nonetheless Macoun and Golden Russet, my 2 most-munched choices for the month, together comprise about a third of all my October apples.
The others include some of my favorite varieties that I seek every year but do not always find. Still I missed Ashmead's Kernel this fall, and a few others.
My last apple of October, a Claygate, was number 347 since the start of the year. It was a little past prime by Halloween. My first apple of November was Thoreau's favorite, Blue Pearmain.
Party on, everyone! The harvest may be done but the eating never stops.
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Macoun
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9
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3
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2
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each of Blue Pearmain, Crimson Crisp, Empire, Esopus Spitzenberg, Fortune, Knobbed Russet,
McIntosh,
Melrouge,
Pristine,
Spigold, and
Stayman Winesap.
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2
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different unidentified apples.
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