Yael Hickok is a volunteer who cares for Boyer's Orchard in Alaska. Each year she has an apple tasting party or gathering in which she and other volunteers are able to taste over 120 different varieties of apples planted on the site. But how do you evaluate the taste of an apple? Join us for this live apple tasting party to learn some key apple tasting skills.
 
 To prepare for the show, buy these three apples which we will taste during the show to fine tune our tasting skills.
 * Gala
* Granny Smith
* Honeycrisp

Click here to watch a video excerpt from the show.
Click here to read an article about the many apple varieties you can grow and taste!

SHOW GUESTS:  
 
* Yael Hickok, a volunteer who cares for Boyer's Orchard in Anchorage, Alaska where passionate fruit tree growing hobbyist Bob Boyer planted over 120 varieties of apple trees, many of them rare or heirloom trees.
* Dr. Amy Bowen, Director, Consumer Insights Group at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario. Amy has expertise in sensory and consumer science and has led the apple sensory evaluation panels at Vineland since 2012.

EXTRA RESOUCES: 

• To taste along with the team on the show download our Apple Tasting Evaluation Sheet
•  Here is a resource you may want to print and use for your own apple tasting parties!

The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com.  Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.

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