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I’m not crazy about apples, so my dog rarely gets any (although she does like them). She does get applesauce (natural unsweetened) which she considers a real treat. Dorothy, owned by C.C., a very spoiled dachshund

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Apple seeds contain cyanide. My Tala gets apples when ever she wants an apple. Tanya

> Are apples okay for dogs? > Rocky picks apples off of one of my apple trees. He takes a > run, throws his body along the branch, stripping the apples. He

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Are apples okay for dogs? I am heard several people say yes and others say no. My 8 month old female Golden retriever ate some today and appeared to enjoy them. This may sound silly and may have already been answered here before I just want to make sure. TIA — Sean

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We have an orchard (totally organic) and my gang eats apples all the time. The Borzoi especially love them. I’ve never heard it said they are bad for dogs. Borzoi Mommy — "remove my liver to email me" Rescue Border Collie/Aussie Puppies Available http://bcaussiepuppies.homestead.com/index.html

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Are apples okay for dogs? I am heard several people say yes and others say > no. My 8 month old female Golden retriever ate some today and appeared to > enjoy them. This may sound silly and may have already been answered here > before I just want to make sure. > TIA > — > Sean

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Hi Sean, My labs have always eaten apples. They love them. Bre > Are apples okay for dogs? I am heard several people say yes and others say > no. My 8 month old female Golden retriever ate some today and appeared to > enjoy them. This may sound silly and may have already been answered here > before I just want to make sure. > TIA > — > Sean

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My greyhounds love apples and have never had any ill effects, but I only give them a slice or two every so often. Hey Sean, where are you located? My dad’s mom was a Corbett! — Lori in Peoria, IL – Happy Hound Bakery at Happy Hound Hollow ~ Ask me about hound-sitting while you vacation! ~ Family stuff: http://www.geocities.com/reynoldsfamily_2000/ Happy Hound Hollow Sighthound Rescue ***and now Dobermans, too!: http://www.geocities.com/happyhoundhollow

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> Are apples okay for dogs?

Rocky picks apples off of one of my apple trees. He takes a run, throws his body along the branch, stripping the apples. He then grazes. I don’t let him eat too many because of the resultant farts. I think that you’re hearing bad things about apples because apple *seeds* are said to be mildly toxic in large quantities. In my experience, though, the seeds pass through undigested. — –Matt. Rocky’s a Dog.

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mine eat them daily. just watch the seeds if ever feeding to a small breed, reportedly toxic. BT&Redboneguy

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I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought five pounds worth. SUCKER! Rochester Minnesota USA

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace > that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads > for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was > discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed > that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted > Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I > thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went > for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. > Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or > other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and > an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the > sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly > yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp > cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought > five pounds worth. SUCKER! > Rochester Minnesota USA

The very best of anything frequently cost more. You gave change a chance! The point is . . .how do you like them apples? If they are truely great, then you were not suckered. If they are not, you can always use them for target practice. Lloyd

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| | > I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace | > that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads | > for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was | > discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed | > that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted | > Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I | > thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went | > for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. | > Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or | > other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and | > an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the | > sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly | > yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp | > cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought | > five pounds worth. SUCKER! | > | > Rochester Minnesota USA | | The very best of anything frequently cost more. You gave change a | chance! The point is . . .how do you like them apples? | If they are truely great, then you were not suckered. If they are not, | you can always use them for target practice. | | Lloyd The worst apples in the world have to be the so-called "red delicious". I’ve tried them in all shapes (not too much variation) and sizes (lots of variation). They’re all inedible. I had a bag of some sort of large green apples recently that were excellent (probably a variation of golden delicious). I also like the "gala" – the large ones. I’ve seen some small one’s at one market and they were not good at all. I like Rome apples as well, but they seem to not keep as well so I avoid them. Fuji are also pretty good. There are lots of apples I dislike though. I prefer large, sweet but a bit tart, juicy and "crunchy" apples with a skin that is thin and doesn’t distract from the apple, as does the skin of a red delicious. I’ve got an apple peeler here and have tried peeling red delicious apples. Never found one to be edible, no matter what I do. Most of the apples I like tend to be large and fairly round – probably a coincidence since many I don’t like are similar in size and shape. This made me hungry. I just bought some large gala apples at Sam’s club today and had to get one out. Delicious. Chuck

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They’re so bad that I’m going to give them to the nursing home’s staff (the sportsman’s club where I practice only allows paper targets). It’s easy to develop new varieties of apples so any improvements, beyond changes to accommodate storage, were done long ago. Why do you think they call one particularly tasteless apple a Delicious? It stores well so if they can sucker the consumer into thinking that’s what an apple should taste like, they can make more money. Honey Crisp is just the same old Delicious con game. Rochester Minnesota USA

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace > that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads > for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was > discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed > that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted > Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I > thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went > for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. > Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or > other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and > an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the > sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly > yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp > cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought > five pounds worth. SUCKER! > Rochester Minnesota USA

The only apples I will buy are "Granny Smiths". New crop is best. The small ones hold up well through the season. Tart is best. — Best, Frederick Martin McNeill Poway, California, United States of America http://www.fuzzysys.com http://members.cox.net/fmmcneill/ Phrase of the week : "I’ll tell you a big secret, mon cher. Don’t wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. ."–Albert Camus in The Fall "Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever." :-))))Snort!)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > | > | > I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace > | > that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads > | > for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was > | > discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed > | > that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted > | > Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I > | > thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went > | > for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. > | > Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or > | > other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and > | > an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the > | > sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly > | > yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp > | > cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought > | > five pounds worth. SUCKER! > | > > | > Rochester Minnesota USA > | > | The very best of anything frequently cost more. You gave change a > | chance! The point is . . .how do you like them apples? > | If they are truely great, then you were not suckered. If they are > not, > | you can always use them for target practice. > | > | Lloyd > The worst apples in the world have to be the so-called "red delicious". I’ve > tried them in all shapes (not too much variation) and sizes (lots of > variation). They’re all inedible. I had a bag of some sort of large green > apples recently that were excellent (probably a variation of golden > delicious). I also like the "gala" – the large ones. I’ve seen some small > one’s at one market and they were not good at all. I like Rome apples as > well, but they seem to not keep as well so I avoid them. Fuji are also > pretty good. There are lots of apples I dislike though. I prefer large, > sweet but a bit tart, juicy and "crunchy" apples with a skin that is thin > and doesn’t distract from the apple, as does the skin of a red delicious. > I’ve got an apple peeler here and have tried peeling red delicious apples. > Never found one to be edible, no matter what I do. Most of the apples I like > tend to be large and fairly round – probably a coincidence since many I > don’t like are similar in size and shape. > This made me hungry. I just bought some large gala apples at Sam’s club > today and had to get one out. Delicious. > Chuck

Red Delicious suffers from having a long life and being easy to ship. The trouble is, when the outside is bright and shiney and red, the inside has become pulpy and cottony. But a Red right off the tree makes for great eating, though the juice tends to dribble pretty bad. I grow a Golden Delicious, which stays a bit crisper for longer, but is a prey to and ugly scab. It doesn’t affect the taste, but it sure ruins the looks. I also haqve a tree of Northern Spy, which is grand for both eating and cooking. Our part of Ct is loaded with apples and several farmers like to grow as many varieties as they can. They’re glad to give me a splice if I want to grow an old variety on tougher newer roots.

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| > | > | | > | > I got suckered again today and it leads me to once again embrace | > | > that tried and true psychology lesson: open minds are open roads | > | > for dumping garbage. The other day at the old folks home, I was | > | > discussing apple varieties with some of the aides and they agreed | > | > that Honey Crisp was the very best eating apple. I promoted | > | > Wealthy’s, but they’re apples from a past generation, so I | > | > thought maybe I should give change a chance. Today, when I went | > | > for my weekly practice, the gun range was full of local cops. | > | > Apparently their range has become inadequate for some reason or | > | > other. So instead of a productive afternoon, I went shopping and | > | > an apple orchard was first on the list. At the showroom, the | > | > sales force agreed with the nursing home aides and the elderly | > | > yuppie women customers confirmed that even though Honey Crisp | > | > cost twice that of MacIntosh, they were the very best. I bought | > | > five pounds worth. SUCKER! | > | > | > | > Rochester Minnesota USA | > | | > | The very best of anything frequently cost more. You gave change a | > | chance! The point is . . .how do you like them apples? | > | If they are truely great, then you were not suckered. If they are | > not, | > | you can always use them for target practice. | > | | > | Lloyd | > | > The worst apples in the world have to be the so-called "red delicious". I’ve | > tried them in all shapes (not too much variation) and sizes (lots of | > variation). They’re all inedible. I had a bag of some sort of large green | > apples recently that were excellent (probably a variation of golden | > delicious). I also like the "gala" – the large ones. I’ve seen some small | > one’s at one market and they were not good at all. I like Rome apples as | > well, but they seem to not keep as well so I avoid them. Fuji are also | > pretty good. There are lots of apples I dislike though. I prefer large, | > sweet but a bit tart, juicy and "crunchy" apples with a skin that is thin | > and doesn’t distract from the apple, as does the skin of a red delicious. | > I’ve got an apple peeler here and have tried peeling red delicious apples. | > Never found one to be edible, no matter what I do. Most of the apples I like | > tend to be large and fairly round – probably a coincidence since many I | > don’t like are similar in size and shape. | > | > This made me hungry. I just bought some large gala apples at Sam’s club | > today and had to get one out. Delicious. | > | > Chuck | | Red Delicious suffers from having a long life and being easy to ship. | The trouble is, when the outside is bright and shiney and red, the | inside has become pulpy and cottony. | | But a Red right off the tree makes for great eating, though the juice | tends to dribble pretty bad. | | I grow a Golden Delicious, which stays a bit crisper for longer, but is | a prey to and ugly scab. It doesn’t affect the taste, but it sure ruins | the looks. | | I also haqve a tree of Northern Spy, which is grand for both eating and | cooking. Our part of Ct is loaded with apples and several farmers like | to grow as many varieties as they can. They’re glad to give me a splice | if I want to grow an old variety on tougher newer roots. I’m not "in to" apples at all. I eat whatever happens to be in front of me, avoid Red Delicious if at all possible and when I do the buying, buy Gala or Fuji. I’ve got 4 non-descript apple trees in the yard that do not produce very good apples – only one year in the past 25 did they produce enough decent ones to eat and make a few pies. I’ve no idea what they are and don’t much care. I’d rather buy something in the store than try to rely on an unreliable crop from my yard. An apple tree at one of my earlier homes produced a very "yellow" large apple in mid-to late summer. They were large, plentiful and very good, the tree was pretty reliable every year for seven years and I still have no idea what variety they were. Don’t care. I no longer own that house so I no longer own that tree. Even though I live in the sticks, I’m no farmer, nor am I cut out to be a farmer. My idea of producing food is a trip to the market. I tried a quite large garden many years ago but realized that wasn’t for me. I used to plant five or six dozen tomato plants so I wouldn’t have to fool with them until some of them produced tomatos. I figured some plants would die, the rabbits and groundhogs would eat or destroy some, but in the end I’d get a few tomato "survivors". I’ve seen people "stake" tomatoes and fiddle with them daily. I let mine lay on the ground and simply picked the tomatoes that didn’t rot. If you plant lots of plants, some do survive and some don’t rot. I also tried corn a few times, sweet peppers (which did well with no attention), and lots of other things. The market is still easier. My wife took over planting tomatoes and a few other things when I lost interest in gardening – after about 3 or 4 years. I bought her some of those wire tomato cages and she did okay – she has more patience for that stuff than me. This year, with her earlier health problems and my lack of interest, no tomatoes were planted. The neighbor has supplied us with more than enough. My wife has recovered sufficiently to tend to her flower beds. I go to the market and buy stuff that looks edible. Chuck

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The worst apples in the world have to be the so-called "red delicious". >I’ve > tried them in all shapes (not too much variation) and sizes (lots of > variation). They’re all inedible. I had a bag of some sort of large green > apples recently that were excellent (probably a variation of golden > delicious). I also like the "gala" – the large ones. I’ve seen some small > one’s at one market and they were not good at all. I like Rome apples as > well, but they seem to not keep as well so I avoid them. Fuji are also > pretty good. There are lots of apples I dislike though. I prefer large, > sweet but a bit tart, juicy and "crunchy" apples with a skin that is thin > and doesn’t distract from the apple, as does the skin of a red delicious. > I’ve got an apple peeler here and have tried peeling red delicious apples. > Never found one to be edible, no matter what I do. Most of the apples I >like > tend to be large and fairly round – probably a coincidence since many I > don’t like are similar in size and shape. > This made me hungry. I just bought some large gala apples at Sam’s club > today and had to get one out. Delicious. > Chuck >Red Delicious suffers from having a long life and being easy to ship. >The trouble is, when the outside is bright and shiney and red, the >inside has become pulpy and cottony.

I also hate pulpy and cottony Delicious. HOWEVER Red and Yellow Delicious tend to be a little more labor intensive for the orchardist. Twice as many beehives are required for the pollination of Delicious. The bees cannot enter from the top of the calyx but must pollinate from the sides of the blooms. Pollination time may be more critical for them also. It always pays to really press your finger on the Delicious apples that you may be buying during the winter as you can tell if the packer or orchardist stored his apples properly. If they were stored in a totally CO2 environment absent of oxygen then the apples will be nice and crisp all through the winter months. Good packers use this method of storing, however it is more expensive. Some winters, our local super markets choose to purchase their winter supply of apples from cheaper non CO2 packers in order to increase their profit margin, and the quick deterioration in the quality of the apples once brought home, becomes very evident. In such cases, it’s worth taking the time to find a source that carries apples that were stored in CO2 immediately after they were picked. Happy munching of crisp apples in the middle of a cold northern winter!

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