A summer apple tree in the front yard is a wondrous thing. I can sit on the front porch and watch apples fall to the ground, ...

Richard Robinson Sixteen years ago, when I worked at The Planters & Designers garden center in Bristol, Virginia, old-timers frequentlycame in and asked for apple varieties called Virginia Beauty ...

Enjoyed on their own in an old-fashioned apple pie ... though of course some apple varieties are naturally more tart than others (for example, Granny Smith, McIntosh, and Pink Lady).