As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I suppose I am prejudiced as with British Royals in Prince Chuck or the Saudi turban heads, one finds absolutely nothing of consequence to impress beyond their ability to spend state money to keep their heads. That is why I include this statement by Queen Victoria:
"In speaking of specially built cool fruit rooms: " It is not the extreme cold here which is called into requisition to retard maturity, but rather the arresting of evaporation by the equability of the temperature for a long period of time, say, from when the fruit is gathered until it is ripe. I am of opinion that much may be done on this principle."
It is a remarkable thing to me that a world leader would pay such absolute attention to the storing of apples. That type of attention to details would transcend to an entire empire. Granted Queen Victoria's managers as they got out to the colonies were about as worthless as gnats, it is a reality that if you ordered up a Blenheim Orange apple from her cellar, you were going to get an apple that tasted like an apple in January keeping.
I doubt there are any leaders now in this world who know a damn or blessed thing about things that matter. It takes a great deal of insight to know about cellars, open drafts, cooling air, keeping the cool in, and maintaining humidity for apple life, without electronic refrigeration.
Compare all of that to Prince Chuck and you get the idea how far the apple fell from that tree. When they were Germans these royals had a better head on their shoulders it seems, as for the Saud family and others, it seems all they get accomplished is Obama bowing to them from Japan to the west. Not much of consequence in that, as what can you do with a bobble head, compared to a spright apple in the dead of winter eh?
"Wellington, Blenheim, Winter Queening, Northern Greening, Deux Ans, Norfolk Beanfin, Cox's Orange Pippin, Golden Knob, and Wyken Pippin; and, locally, Hanwell Souring, Grange's Pearmain and Court Pendu Plat. But in a few years there will be a large growth of Tower of Glamis, Newton Wonder, Bismarck, Hambling's Seedling, Royal Jubilee, Lane's Prince Albert, and Bramley's Seedling."
Thomas, H. H. (Harry Higgott); Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946. The book of the apple
Blenheim must have been something back in the day as Teddy Roosevelt as President had a jumping horse named Blenheim.
"We see then that the ideal surroundings for keeping apples sound and in good condition throughout the winter months may thus be summarised: An equable temperature of from forty degrees to forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and an atmosphere that is moist. Therefore, any room or building that is so adapted as to be able to fulfil these conditions may be successfully made use of for the storage of apples. Until the underground fruit room was built in the Royal Gardens, we stored practically the whole of our apples in a large lean-to wooden structure, with a thatched and slated roof. This was built against a wall and faced due east. For the perfect preservation of pears, which are certainly more delicate than are apples, the underground room has proved of advantage, for it is evident that in such a place the temperature will not be liable to fluctuate nearly to the same extent as it would in a building completely exposed to external atmospheric."
Thomas, H. H. (Harry Higgott); Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946. The book of the apple
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