About Aunt Rosie and Uncle D



For my fruit trees I try to use as few chemicals as possible but still have fruit that doesn't look like a ball of shriveled up moss. I use dormant oil and lime sulphur in the late winter and early spring to kill the eggs the insects laid on the tree bark. If the bugs and/or dieseases look like they are starting to damage the tree and/or fruit, I will resort to the next level of sprays. If I didn't, I wouldn't have any fruit to sell or maybe even trees. I use them as little as possible. We eat the fruit also! IT MATTERS TO US.
Did you know that most of the fruit you buy at the grocery stores in the winter comes from South America or other countries in the southern hemisphere? After all, our winter is their summer so they are harvesting their crops when we are shoveling snow. They don't have anywhere near the level of restrictions on what they can spray on their fruit and vegetables. In fact, some of the chemicals that have been banned here in the U.S. are sold to other countries. They then spray their fruit and vegetables with those banned chemicals. Those fruits and vegetables then are SHIPPED BACK TO THE CONSUMERS IN THE U.S.
Also, since their produce has to spend so much time in shipping, it has to be harvested before it has fully ripened. Picked green and hard so it will hold up during all the handling and shipping. Some of the produce is still green and has to be "gassed" with etyhlene gas. That gas turns things like tomatoes red. They are still not ripe or do not have anymore flavor. The gas just turns them red to make them look ripe. Did you know that a lot of apples are waxed to make them look shiny and prettier in the store? No waxes or gases used at Uncle D's Produce! Maybe every piece of fruit or vegetable might not be as perfect looking as those in the grocery stores, BUT, they sure will taste delicious and be good for you and your family.
Ashmead's Kernel apple

An old English russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel, originated from seed planted around 1700 by a Dr Thomas Ashmead in Gloucester, England. Medium size, golden-brown skin with a crisp nutty snap. Fruit explodes with champagne-sherbet juice infused with a lingering scent of orange blossom. Flesh is dense, sugary and aromatic with intense flavor, characteristic of russets.
Rubinette apple

Rubinette considered by many the best-flavored apple. A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious, Rubinette's flavor comes almost primarily from Cox's Orange Pippin, but shape similar to Golden Delicious. Unsurpassed balance of sweetness and sharpness with the Cox's aromatic qualities. Medium size fruit with bright red striping over golden ground color and slight russeting. Created in Switzerland in 1950s.