Ambrosia Apples

     I have noticed that now you can find Ambrosia apples grown in many different countries.  That wasn’t always the case.   Here is a blog I wrote in November of 2011 about Ambrosia apples:

        One of my favorite stories to tell is about Ambrosia apples.  I am going to tell it again so if you are tired of hearing it, skip down several paragraphs. 

        Many years ago I was listening to CBC.  They were talking about BC apples.  It seems there was one orchard whose owner noticed that every year during the picker’s lunch breaks, the pickers would always gather under one particular tree and grab an apple off of it to augment their lunch.

        Curious about their behavior, the owner went to that tree and tried one of its apples and discovered how uniquely delicious they were.  He isolated and bred the tree and its apples became the “Ambrosia” apple.   (It is interesting to note that if you plant a seed from a really tasty apple, the tree that develops from that seed will NOT taste like the apple you liked.  To get the same taste you have to take a branch from the tree that gave you the tasty apple, and get the branch to root and grow into a tree.)

        Anyway to get back to my story:   I sat there by the radio wishing I could taste one of those Ambrosia apples, but I never did see any in the grocery store, and slowly the story slipped into the back of my memory.  Then a couple of years ago, my wife had bought some apples and put them in the fridge and one evening I grabbed one as I settled down in front of the TV.

        I bit into it and WOW!, what a delicious taste.  I got out of my chair and went to the fridge opened the door and read the label on the apples in the bag—AMBROSIA.

        The next time I was in the grocery, I told the story to Brenda, owner of the store, and thanked her for bringing in the Ambrosia apples.  She continues to do so every year.

        The other day I noticed that the Ambrosias were back again this year.  Brenda came by and pointed out something on the sign that I had over looked.  (Read the last line on the green sign in the photo.)

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