On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:32 AM, Ed Fackler wrote:
I'd rate its fresh eating flavor as good....not great.
ed
But you like sweet apples, Ed, and Liberty is a tart apple. If you
rate it as good, it must be a pretty good-tasting tart apple. (I
like tart apples, and I'd rate most of your favorites as "good, not
great".) I've had it grown from central NJ, up through Mass, NY, and
NH, and I'd rate it as excellent for flavor (when picked at the right
time), okay for texture and size, and mediocre for keeping. It also
makes an excellent juice. I speak as a consumer, not as a grower, so
for me "keeping ability" is how long it stays good stored in my
fridge or my cool basement, not how well it keeps under controlled
conditions. This is critical for how large a sack I can buy without
regret. I think the primary problem with Liberty is that from a
consumer's point of view it isn't strikingly different from lots of
other apples, including Macs, and it isn't well known. But
consumers who enjoy a Mac pretty uniformly enjoy a Liberty.
Ginda Fisher
apple consumer, eastern Mass.
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