Gift Apples

Never underestimate the gift of fresh fruit!

Recently a neighbor stopped by with this little basket of apples she had picked from a friend’s orchard. The apples were spicy and crisp, different than the local popular grocery store apples.

I was so intrigued with the flavor that I shared a couple of the apples with another two friends.

There was a time when we had hundreds of unique apple varieties instead of the main half dozen we find in produce sections today.

The idea of growing my own fruit, including apples, inspired me years ago to add apples to my Christmas tree. I just picked up another stash and have them keeping me company in baskets.