Apples of North America: 192 Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers and Cooks by Tom Burford.
An essential resource for anyone interested in learning more about America’s national fruit.
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Exploring APPLES and Collecting Cider: Virginia
Exploring Apples.
Our recent Cider (and Apple) Road Trip to Virginia sparked the desire to more actively explore apple varieties.
Becoming familiar with the unique qualities of individual apple varieties – through study and sampling – enhances the experience of drinking craft cider, allowing you to understand and taste how the fruit itself contributes to shaping a craft ciders’ profile.
Apple-centric highlights of our Virginia cider tour included:
A guided apple tasting at Vintage Virginia Apples/Albemarle CiderWorks, followed by orchard exploring to view the raw materials of cider still on the tree. Apples sampled and spied included: Dolgo, Hewes Crab, Pitmaston Pineapple, Razor Russet and Arkansas Black.
Charlotte and Chuck Shelton of Albemarle CiderWorks’ Virginia Cider Making demonstration tasting at The Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello. Fresh pressed ‘sweet’ cider from Vintage Virginia Apples extracted via an antique manual cider press, and enjoyed in the midst of Thomas Jefferson’s restored experimental vegetable garden.
Three lively and informative workshops: Heirloom Apples & Artisanal Cheese Tasting, Apple Varieties for Organic Orchards, and Apple Varieties for Cider & Pie Making with ‘Professor Apple’, the esteemed orchard consultant, apple educator and advocate – Tom Burford.
And of course, securing copies of Tom Burford’s new book, Apples of North America: 192 Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks.
Follow the links below for additional information about the annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, and this years workshops. Plan a visit in 2014.
Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
Virginia Cider Making
Chuck & Charlotte Shelton
Heirloom Apple & Artisanal Cheese Tasting
Tom Burford & Gail Hobbs-Page
Apple Varieties for Organic Orchards
Tom Burford
Apple Varieties for Cider- & Pie-Making
Tom Burford
Malus domestica: Harrison
Malus domestica: Harrison
- Artist:
- Passmore, Deborah Griscom, 1840-1911
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Harrison
- Geographic origin:
- Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 16 x 25 cm.
- NAL note:
- Changed Deckertown to Sussex
- Specimen:
- 18929
- Year:
- 1899
- Notes on original:
- Prof. Ragan says this is the true Harrison (cider) of Coxe
- Date created:
- 1899
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Stayman Winesap
Malus domestica: Stayman Winesap
- Artist:
- Newton, Amanda Almira, ca. 1860-1943
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Stayman Winesap
- Geographic origin:
- Winchester, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 16 x 25 cm.
- Specimen:
- 60433
- Year:
- 1913
- Date created:
- 1913-01-09
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Arkansas Black
Malus domestica: Arkansas Black
- Artist:
- Steadman, Royal Charles, b. 1875
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Arkansas Black
- Geographic origin:
- Rosslyn, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
- Specimen:
- 99704
- Year:
- 1921
- Date created:
- 1921
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Smokehouse
- Artist:
- Steadman, Royal Charles, b. 1875
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Smokehouse
- Geographic origin:
- Rosslyn, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
- Specimen:
- 103682b
- Year:
- 1923
- Date created:
- 1923-10-11
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Grimes Golden
Malus domestica: Grimes Golden
- Artist:
- Arnold, Mary Daisy, ca. 1873-1955
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Grimes Golden
- Geographic origin:
- Winchester, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
- Specimen:
- 110478
- Year:
- 1928
- Date created:
- 1928-10-13
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus: Hewes
Malus: Hewes
- Artist:
- Arnold, Mary Daisy, ca. 1873-1955
- Scientific name:
- Malus
- Common name:
- crab apple
- Variety:
- Hewes
- Geographic origin:
- Rosslyn, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
- NAL note:
- Alternative variety name(s): Hewes Crab
- Specimen:
- 109587
- Notes on original:
- Accession Number 10874; Section K, Row 23, Tree 2; Picked 10/04/1927
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Yellow Newtown (Albemarle Pippin)
Malus domestica: Yellow Newtown
- Artist:
- Passmore, Deborah Griscom, 1840-1911
- Scientific name:
- Malus domestica
- Common name:
- apples
- Variety:
- Yellow Newtown
- Geographic origin:
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Physical description:
- 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
NAL note:
Alternative variety name(s): Albemarle Pippin; Charlottesville is an independent city located adjacent to Albemarle County
- Specimen:
- 32783
- Year:
- 1904
- Date created:
- 1904
- Rights:
- Use of the images in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection is not restricted, but a statement of attribution is required. Please use the following attribution statement: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
A Few Virginia Apples.
A few Virginia apples from our recent Virginia Cider Road Trip. We talked apples, walked orchards, tasted apples, and sampled Virginia ciders. Expect more posts about the details of our Virginia Cider Road Trip in the coming days.
These are just a few of Virginia apples we encountered in our travels:
Albemarle Pippin, Hewes Crab, Grimes Golden, Stayman Winesap, Arkansas Black, Smokehouse, and Harrison
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