The secret to the Granny Smith's success is its fantastic storage ability. Even after several months in cold storage and a bumpy trip to the market, it emerges crisp, tart, and unbruised. It is said that the apple was discovered when an Australian woman, Mrs. Smith, tossed out a pile of apples in 1868. The increasingly popular Braeburn apples were developed in New Zealand. Oval shaped, with red skin streaked with hints of green, Braeburns are juicy and sweet.
Macoun apples have purplish skin and a rather boxy silhouette.
Winesap apples are small and round, with deep red, almost purple, skin that tinges the pale white flesh of the fruit. Cranberries Recipes Cranberries grow on creeping vines that thrive in wetlands and bogs in the eastern and central United States. There are cranberries that originated in northern Europe, but the native American varieties are larger and better for commercial uses. Americans consume far more cranberries and cranberry products than the rest of the world. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is the place most intimately associated with cranberries.