big red apples
Oct 17, 2017 07:19:51 #
bull drink water wrote:
60 yrs ago I use to eat red apples that were almost as big as a grapefruit. what ever happened to them? all I see now are medium size apples some with almost no taste.
We have big apples here called Wolf River apple
Oct 17, 2017 07:28:09 #
jaymatt wrote:
Things were always bigger and better "back then." Anyone really want to go back?
I would like to try it for a month and see if it was as great as I remember it. Our minds seem to have a way of embellishing good memories and kind of glossing over the bad ones. In truth probably both now and then contain good and bad points.
Oct 17, 2017 08:15:12 #
bull drink water wrote:
back then for me was 1944-1965. I did just fine with what we had.
1 food that tasted like it was supposed to taste.
2 a street car and bus system that took me from one end of Cleveland Ohio to the other.
3 the ability to live from birth to 30 without a car.
4 free admission to the zoo and aquarium.
5 pay phones everywhere.
6 army/ navy surplus stores that seemed to have everything.
someone else can make an opposing list.
1 food that tasted like it was supposed to taste.
2 a street car and bus system that took me from one end of Cleveland Ohio to the other.
3 the ability to live from birth to 30 without a car.
4 free admission to the zoo and aquarium.
5 pay phones everywhere.
6 army/ navy surplus stores that seemed to have everything.
someone else can make an opposing list.
Can you possibly be joking? You must be.
I won't make a list. With few exceptions, all products are better, more efficient, and more convenient than in the "good old days".
Oct 17, 2017 08:38:57 #
I agree produce just doesn’t have the flavors like in the past. I find very few “new and improved taste” items that actually taste as good.
Oct 17, 2017 08:58:07 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
rmm0605 wrote:
Smaller apples are the result of successive breeding for other characteristics, like crispness. Roses, too, have lost their fragrance due to successive breeding for other qualities. Progress is seldom in a straight line!
All change is not progress.
Oct 17, 2017 09:41:26 #
Could it be that you were a boy then and what appeared to be such big apples is because your hands were smaller than they are now?
Oct 17, 2017 10:34:40 #
bull drink water wrote:
60 yrs ago I use to eat red apples that were almost as big as a grapefruit. what ever happened to them? all I see now are medium size apples some with almost no taste.
The hybrid apples of today are grown because of longevity. Some apples don't hit the shelves for a week or more so
they have to last.
Oct 17, 2017 11:42:12 #
This year the University of Minnesota released the First Kiss apple. It was developed from the Honey Crisp, SweeTango and Zestar line. They are kinda hard to get up here.
Oct 17, 2017 12:33:43 #
bull drink water wrote:
back then for me was 1944-1965. I did just fine with what we had.
1 food that tasted like it was supposed to taste.
2 a street car and bus system that took me from one end of Cleveland Ohio to the other.
3 the ability to live from birth to 30 without a car.
4 free admission to the zoo and aquarium.
5 pay phones everywhere.
6 army/ navy surplus stores that seemed to have everything.
someone else can make an opposing list.
1 food that tasted like it was supposed to taste.
2 a street car and bus system that took me from one end of Cleveland Ohio to the other.
3 the ability to live from birth to 30 without a car.
4 free admission to the zoo and aquarium.
5 pay phones everywhere.
6 army/ navy surplus stores that seemed to have everything.
someone else can make an opposing list.
Oct 17, 2017 13:09:47 #
The reason why certain types of apples disappear are: first, the trees get old and have to be destroyed. Second, the apple orchard gets infested with worms, and the only way to get rid of them is to destroy the trees and plant something else. Several rears ago I had two apple trees. But when they produced apples they would be all wormy. Then, after trying to get rid of the worms, I finally gave up and cut them down. I live in an area where there are a lot of orchards. But they are now destroying them and planting grapes.
Oct 17, 2017 13:15:06 #
Oct 17, 2017 13:17:31 #
3 the ability to live from birth to 30 without a car.
Spend your life back East and in the city, just does n' t cut it out West. Made 4 trips over the Alcan hiway by the time I was 16. Just after my 16th birthday got to drive a car and trailer out of Alaska back when it was all gravel. I guess some people don't get around much.
Spend your life back East and in the city, just does n' t cut it out West. Made 4 trips over the Alcan hiway by the time I was 16. Just after my 16th birthday got to drive a car and trailer out of Alaska back when it was all gravel. I guess some people don't get around much.
Oct 17, 2017 13:55:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The goal is get people to eat apples. If they eat one big one, that's probably enough for them. Smaller apples might require a second course. Also, small items are easier to deal with. That's probably why watermelons are now smaller and more round than they used to be. Remember when watermelons were rather long? Now they can grow them shaped like cubes to get more into a shipping crate.
When i was 16 spent a few weeks loading watermelons into semis trucks. Loaded 50 to 80 tons a day at $1 hour.. When we would get thirsty, drop one and pull the heart out and keep going.
Oct 17, 2017 16:25:34 #
We have apples here that come from New Zealand that are 1 year old, I'm told that they must be kept and transported at a critical 2 degrees. They do taste OK.
Jack47 wrote:
The hybrid apples of today are grown because of longevity. Some apples don't hit the shelves for a week or more so
they have to last.
they have to last.
Oct 17, 2017 16:27:17 #
bull drink water wrote:
60 yrs ago I use to eat red apples that were almost as big as a grapefruit. what ever happened to them? all I see now are medium size apples some with almost no taste.
Maybe it was all perspective since you were mich smaller, the apples seemed bigger. Or, it may have been that the Apple was so much closer to the camera in those days.
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