I love apples. They are my favorite fruit in the world. They come in so many colors and tasty varieties that you will never get the same taste twice. Apples are available just about all year, but fresh ones from the tree are usually found from September through the end of the year.
Whatever your favorite apple variety, choose ripe fruit. Apples are wonderful in that they know when they are ripe. Many fruits will continue to ripen and over ripen if you don’t pick them. Apples fall when they are ripe. The stem thins until the apple is ready to just be plucked from the tree.
Avoid buying apples that are bruised or have brown spots. The apple has been bumped around a little too much and will go bad quickly. This can be a little hard to find from local growers at the farmer’s market. I have found this with my own apples. They get little spots and things on them—not the pretty ones you see in the grocery store. If the apples are firm and have no soft spots or splits, you can work with them.
