I enjoy Nicks videos on fruit tasting. I got hooked during the pandemic when get togethers were not possible and the HOS was shutting down, and I was just moving to Oregon. It was hard to get info on what stuff looked like and tasted like. Either he has a large orchard or he visits a lot of orchards. He is in Northern Washington. Sounds like he is involved with NAFEX, but I am not a member. Anyway good tasting videos, and with a graft or a whole tree you get a really good sense of what things look like. Does anyone else use Youtube for fruit stuff? My wife calls it YouTube University and I agree. (She had a Ph.D. so this is not faint praise)
Chris in Philomath
I have seen videos for them. If you have a kiln, obviously you could just make a bigger one. I'm going to try the glue two clay pots together method, and I'm just going to use bigger pots to make a bigger one. There are many versions of these. Some are a bit different, but here's the main idea.
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Chris M said
I enjoy Nicks videos on fruit tasting. I got hooked during the pandemic when get togethers were not possible and the HOS was shutting down, and I was just moving to Oregon. It was hard to get info on what stuff looked like and tasted like. Either he has a large orchard or he visits a lot of orchards. He is in Northern Washington. Sounds like he is involved with NAFEX, but I am not a member. Anyway good tasting videos, and with a graft or a whole tree you get a really good sense of what things look like. Does anyone else use Youtube for fruit stuff? My wife calls it YouTube University and I agree. (She had a Ph.D. so this is not faint praise)
Chris in Philomath
Wow, what a rich source of content that I am genuinely interested in. Thanks for pointing to the videos, I like seeing fruit I can grow and bonus if they are in the region.
BTW, I can't help but read this thread title as though it relates to bathing 🙂
And here's my petty minor gripe: I'm not a big fan of ASMR style videos and would prefer that content creators chew with their mouth closed when performing tastings, or not have the mic with the same gain.
I was watching Nic lastest video and he was tasting (among others) Lamb Abby Pearmain (not familiar with it at all) and he mentioned storage. What are you best storage apples? And how long do they last. Storage is down the road for me. I have four unidentified apples, 5 heritage whips, and one cider with several grafts.
Also what would be the best kind of photos and description for ID? I also have two Asian pears, one European , several cherries and several plums.
Thanks
Chris in Philomath.
Chris M said
I was watching Nic lastest video and...Also what would be the best kind of photos and description for ID? I also have two Asian pears, one European , several cherries and several plums.
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