Maggie's Farm

I gave up on the Red Delicious a long, long time ago. I knew, my inner self KNEW that this was not an apple. Raised on the apples of northeast Canada, I had a different standard for taste and texture. HOWEVER, you must bring into this conversation how different apples of the same type can be very different from the same apple grown in another part of this country. For example: I doubt that you folks on the east coast would recognize a Macintosh apple out here in the west. They don't have the same texture, or the same flavor. So it behooves one who is searching for apple trees to plant to make sure they know what the difference is between a NE Macintosh and a NW Macintosh, or even a Wisconsin Mac.

Now however, because this conversation comes back to one of my favorite focus groups--the WA state leadership. Let me tell you this story: Sometime back in the 1990's early 2000's the then WA state AG who became Governor--Christine Gregoire did a real fine piece of work. When the white apple growers were having to tear up their orchards because of an inability to sell these apples--MSZ Gregoire made a special law. Those apple farmers going under HAD to give first choice for the purchase of their land to Mexican buyers, using federal D o A purchase loans. In other words--she absolutely made certain that illegal Mexican laborers were able to purchase the land of apple farmers, who were unable to get the loans necessary to replant their orchards with new/different varieties. Aww shucks ain't those femnazis wonderful!