Hi folks, here I am again. This is my second part of my series about apple trees, apples, and old varieties. I plan to continue this series and I would be very happy if you enjoy reading it as well as I enjoyed writing it.
In case you missed the first part: apples part1
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Especially in the federal states of Germany, like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, many wonderful avenues with fruit trees still exist today. Unfortunately, many people have lost the sense of getting on with their family and collecting apples on weekends.
Many apples fall ripe from the tree and lie unnoticed on the ground. The only solace is that at least the insects and wild animals can eat it.
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Instead, people hurry hectically and irritably to the nearest supermarket and buy overpriced, shrink-wrapped apples packed in plastic, which have often traveled halfway across the globe, soaked in pesticides (what a confusing word) and sealed with wax. Pesticides are called "Pflanzenschutzmittel" in German, which means translated "Plant Protection Product". I would love more to see that the plant is given a chance to protect itself.
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Many, especially young, German people only know three, four, five or maybe six apple varieties. If you ask them, they proudly report that they are increasingly enjoying the supposedly wonderful apples from Chile, Italy, the USA or China.
Rather, for every country in the world, I would like to see native varieties in particular promoted and locally promoted and consumed at the appropriate time of year.
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In German supermarkets we mostly find the following apple varieties:
Cox orange, Braeburn, Golden and Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Elstar, Boskop, Pink Lady, Gloster, Jonagold, and Gala.
To be continued in part 3 ...