Heirloom Apples

Tomatoes might be sitting on top of the proverbial heirloom throne, but how much do you know about heirloom apples? You can purchase a Red Delicious or one of a couple other varieties at the store, but it's become very difficult to experience the beautiful variety that apples can provide. The history of apples goes back thousands of years and thousands of varieties. It is only with relatively recent modern agriculture methods that we've been limited to our current choices. Heirloom varieties are slowly making a comeback through the work of small farms and customers that our beginning to demand more authentic flavors.

In this class get an overview of their history, the shocking and delightful variety (with over 1,000 types and names such as Cox Orange Pippin, Winter Banana, and Graniwinkle) and learn about the work being done by farms like Red Jacket Orchards to bring them back from the edge of extinction and onto your dinner table. You will learn about the diversity of heirloom apple varieties and their uses. We will have a tasting of different hard-to-find varieties, heirloom apple ciders, and, the best use of heirloom apples, hard cider.

Instructor
Mike Biltonen is the VP of Farm Operation for Red Jacket Orchards. He is a lifelong farmer with a passion for great tasting, sustainably grown food. With over 25 years experience farming here, there, and everywhere, he also loves to teach about what he's learned over the years. But mostly he just likes to farm. And eat heirloom apples with friends and foodies alike.

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