The University of Minnesota debuted a new apple this year at the State Fair. It is named “First Kiss.” Here is a link to an MPR story about this child of the Honeycrisp! The companion pear was a gift from a friend’s garden tree.
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I was one of the lucky ones to taste a First Kiss apple. They ran out at the fair the first four days. They thought they had enough for the full 10 days plus some.
I was at Pine Tree orchards today, in fact, and they told us how popular the First Kiss apple was. They had none to sell. I really liked it: crisp, sweet, but tart, too.
Is this a photograph? It looks to be a very carefully thought out painting! I’ve been following Julie’s efforts and it looks as if it could be one of her classmates’s still life! Just beautiful.