tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post5255938944913486919..comments2024-03-29T03:35:11.890-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Antique ApplesAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-58712240051849006612009-12-01T13:12:01.134-05:002009-12-01T13:12:01.134-05:00I first began reading about (and doing a bit of wr...I first began reading about (and doing a bit of writing about) antique apple varieties in the early 1980s. The names alone are so evocative. If you've read much about them, you know how many varieties were readily available in 1900 that have all disappeared over the years. As a former New Yorker myself (Buffalo), I am still partial to apples like Empire and Cortland with their associations of home.LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-45057506261274565052009-10-20T06:38:10.697-04:002009-10-20T06:38:10.697-04:00I just love anything to do with apples, the blosso...I just love anything to do with apples, the blossom in Spring is full of sweet Irish memories for me. My parents planted an apple tree for each of us when we were born. Tacita Dean an English artist recently had an amazing exhibition of her work here in Melbourne. Among the work was a beautiful film about the poet & translator Michael Hamburger's orchard. He loved to plant apple trees, even from seed. When he visited the poet Ted Hughes he admired an apple called Devonshire Quarantine. Ted gave him one & from the pips he grew two trees. Then he wrote the lovely little poem "For Ted Hughes".If you ever get the chance to see this little film, you will love it Altoon! Thank so much for sharing your beautiful photographs & thoughts on life. <br />(Rosemary in Melbourne).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com