Arkansas Black Apple

Fruit Maven — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

If you can’t be bothered to read my blog because you spend all your time at this site, then this is the fruit for you!

APPEARANCE 3.5 out of 5 stars

Really dark burgundy red skin with bright white flesh

AROMA 3.5 out of 5 stars

Slightly grassy

TEXTURE 3.5 out of 5 stars

This apple goes just a hair past crunchy and crispy and jumps right in to hard. Has dense flesh with medium juice.

TASTE 4.5 out of 5 stars

On the moderately tart side but with great balancing sweet notes.

OVERALL 3.75 out of 5 stars

I really like this apple. It has a rich, complicated, tart and sweet flavor that makes most other apples seem shallow in comparison. Though some might balk at it, I love how hard it is and that it is not overly juicy. Not five minutes after I tasted this one I was eating it in thin slices on top of melted cheddar cheese and toast. To die for. In fact, why am I typing and not eating that. Why? Will remedy that now.

FRUIT

Apple

VARIETY

Arkansas Black

PEAK

Fall-Winter

ORIGIN

Arkansas

GROWN

Oak Glen, CA

PURCHASED

Farm stand

NOTES

I found these apples a few weeks ago when I passed a sign on the side of the road in Oak Glen that said “Arkansas Blaks”. Lucky for me the woman was a better farmer than she was a speller. In other interesting news, this apple originated in Bentonville, Arkansas, which also just happens to be the home of Walmart, so perhaps that connection explains some things.

RECIPES

Cranberry Apple Walnut Yeast Bread
White Sweet Potato & Arkansas Black Apple Soup

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