Publié le août 1, 2013

Semaine après semaine, regardez votre pomme préférée grandir

Mike Zingler Jimmy Zingler
Mike and Jimmy Zingler

The guys at Zingler Farms are doing something cool this growing season — and we all get to enjoy the results!

Mike and Jimmy Zingler, a father-son duo, are chronicling the growth of a single SweeTango apple at their orchard, a rolling expanse of 580 acres not far from the shores of Lake Ontario in Kendall, N.Y.

They’re taking a photo of the apple each week and sharing the picture on the Zingler Farms Facebook page.

Here’s the sequence so far, starting in early June.

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 1: Let’s watch a SweeTango develop

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 2: Our apple has grown and colored quite significantly in just one week.

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 3: Seeing some red

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 4: The apple’s skin actually has less of a red hue this week. Environmental stimuli are most likely the cause.

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 5: Sadly, the Sweetango we were watching dropped from the tree. R.I.P., little guy. Here’s a very similar replacement.

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 6: Looking good

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 7: The apple is continuing to grow rapidly and is now starting to attain its red skin color as well.

 

SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 8: Color is continuing to develop nicely!

 
SweeTango Zingler Farms
Week 9: Five weeks to go!