An apple a day...

Did you know there were, at one time, over 15,000 varieties of apples grown in North America?  Apples seem to be going the way of glaciers, African gorillas, & John Galliano's career.  That's right, certain varieties of apples are becoming extinct.  At this time there are only about 3,000 varieties of apples grown in the US.  That's still a lot of choices, however in the March/April issue of E: The Environmental Magazine there is an article featuring Big Horse Creek Farm in western NC that grows some rare apples and they do it organically too!    They have some interesting names:  Bunker Hill, Limbertwig, Ben Davis, Gravenstein, Newtown Pippin, and Westfield Seek-no-further.  Cheers to the apple growers that are striving to preserve the all American Apple Pie!