Show tips on apple buying national apple week oct 2231 is approaching with a plentiful supply of eating baking and pie making apples states thelma walton home demonstration agent mrs walton suggests that if youre not an apple knocker from way back its a good idea to dust off your vocabulary before you do any serious shopping so know which varieties are best for each use and why remarks the home agent the best eating apples are firm and highly colored they have snap a rich aromatic flavor and a crisp juicy texture for tops in taste when it comes to eating apples out of hand or for making salads delicious arid and golden delicious are at the top of the list on the market from september thru march apples best for baking cook with only slightly cracked skins the apple stands up well and yet can easily be cut with a fork and the pulp is juicy varieties Varie Variel best for baking are rome beauty and golden delicious for pies dumplings dump lings and other pastry apples should cook tender rapidly and yet hold their form apples for sauce should also cook tender rapidly but need not hold their shape acid seems to hasten softening in cook ing and tart apples usually tall fall apart or become mushy more quickly than apples with less acid mrs walton points out for general cooking purposes any of these varieties will do early varieties golden delicious jonathan and winter banana mid season varieties mcintosh stayman winesap and spitzenburg late varieties rome beauty winesap arkansas black and yellow newton if you prefer to buy an all pur pose apple one tasty for eating raw and also cooks up well shop sho for one of these varieties go golden aen delicious jonathan rome beauty winesap mcintosh stayman winesap and winter banana |