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    I thought the Maine TPS group might enjoy the discussion of the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection Online started last month by   Keith Patterson . In the comments,   Michelle Zupan  added a link to the Maine Pomological Society, aka maineapples.org.

    This led me in two directions: if American Pomological Societies are inclusive of all fruits, why is Maine's dedicated only to apples? In the original post's USDA collection, I found many blueberries (a sample is below), and thought of TPS member   Marie Emerson , who would know which are MAINE blueberries, and whether any other than lowbush can claim that title.

    I also wondered why "hows about them apples" was in my head at all as I named this post. A quick search told me that that question has been asked a lot, that it is a 2005 entry in the Urban Dictionary, a phrase in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, and has a dubiously undocumented assertion in Wikipedia that it dates to World War I bombing. No apparent Maine connection at all. Though the spirit feels a tad recognizable. 

    • Urban Dictionary: them apples is used in the term, "how do ya' like them apples?" basically meaning, "what do you think about that?" it is a phrase that intends to [irritate] people []. 

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    This is great Alison!  Hopefully,  Marie Emerson  will chime in here, since she is the expert.  She is developing a whole museum on blueberries in Downeast Maine.  She just met with a group of high school students who will be helping her develop musuem exhibits as a part of the Rural Experience in America project.  Some of the student-led projects look at the nutritional benefits of blueberries, animal habitat and why everyone loves blueberries, natural and hired pollinators, Civil War and blueberry canning, and oral histories of blueberry farmers and rakers, and the oral histories of local families of their early childhood work ethics and raking, and industry experiences.  I'm excited to see how the projects unfold. 

    Fantastic! I look forward to learning from the student projects as well!

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