The Victoria Pineapple, which has been on sale in my local supermarket for the last couple of weeks, is a real gem. Although about a quarter of the size of the usual pineapple, it is much more intensely flavoured. They are imported from the Ivory Coast and reminded a friend of the pineapples she used [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Victoria Pineapple
Posted in Fruit Questions on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Japanese Wineberry
Posted in Fruit Questions, News on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read your article about the Japanese wineberry with interest. I emigrated from Holland to Canada in 1953. I was then 19 years old and remember our garden in Holland quite well, which had a couple of apple, pear and plum trees, a souer cherry trained to the side of the house and the Japanese [...]
Are Pink-Fleshed Apples Good for You?
Posted in Fruit Questions on September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Discovery apples have finally ripened – in early September – about a month late according to many people’s idea of when it should be ready to eat. Not only are they delicious but also the skin colouring in many of them is intense, the flesh also more intensively coloured than normally seen.
The skin of an [...]
