� Nov. 17, 2007 - An Apple Study
Being Fall and the season of apples, last week did an apple study. I got the idea to study different varieties of apples from BChsMamaof3.
This is what we did:
We managed to find 10 different varieties of apples at our local farm market. They included: Gala, Red Delicious, Cameo, Spartan, Ambrosia,
Braeburn, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, McIntosh and Fuji(organic).
Yes, like BChsMamaof3, we got comments from the cashier, but at least I had
labeled all the different bags so she knew what each of them were as she scanned them.
Then we made up this chart and the comparing began:
We rated the apples in these categories: size&shape, colour, smell, texture, taste, country of origin, and uses(You may have noticed that this row is blank and that is because we still have to look up what the different varieties are used mostly for. i.e. juice, baking etc.).
Then we gave each apple an overall rating by voting on a scale of 1 - 5. 1 being 'didn't like' and 5 being 'Yummy!'
As you can see, Red Delicious was liked the least. Our favourites included Granny Smith(all the kids like this one), Braeburn and Ambrosia. Ambrosia was a unanimous '5' rating all round. I also really like the Cameo which I had never had before. Fuji, however is my personal favourite.
Most of the apples came from our own Okanagan region and some were from Washington State. The organic Fuji was the only one from overseas, all the way from New Zealand!
I also had the kids pick one to sketch.
What to do with all those leftover apples?
A yummy Apple Crisp!
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