Once again, I was able to attend my Dad's apple taste-testing lab on
the south side of campus this year. It again took place in Mumford Hall,
and was attended by a few hundred students; there were 35 or so varieties
of apple out this year (a new record!), and as always everybody had an
excellent time.
Some background: this was the fourth of these Labs I've taken
pictures of (2004,
2003, 2002); but there have
been many more than that. The idea behind it is to show students two
things: a) there are many varieties of apple in the world, and b) some are
(much) better than others. It always seems to do a good job of it...
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Start of Class
I got in just at the bell, so I only had time for one shot of the class. At least I knew the front row. (Diane, John, Danielle)
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Dr. Skirvin
In Professor Mode.
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Richard Hands Out Quizes
Of course, the quiz is just answering the survey of "how did you like these apples?"
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Showing Apples
In his left hand is an old Red Delicious variety. In his right is a Washington Red. Neither tastes great; the left hand's is better, though.
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Heading Out to Taste
Hordes of students amuse me.
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New Signs
"Try a slice of each apple cultivar, but Don't take the apples - we need them for the students to evaluate!" Essentially, this is usedto keep the random passers-by in the building fed without causing undue trouble.
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Taking Notes
It shouldn't amuse me to see studious students, but, well, it does...
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Well-Chopped Apples
Now *that's* how you slice an apple! (Not I; I can't do anything that impressive.)
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Grandma
She specifically came to C-U at this time of year to see the lab.
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Melrose
A quite tasty variety of apple. This girl seemed contemplative of it...
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Richard
Dr. Richard would be a better caption, I guess. He's the most recent graduate of my Dad's lab. I like the guy a lot.
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Mid-Taste
It's hard to get a shot with an open mouth, for some reason.
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More Richard Cutting
I always like how the students are afraid we'll cut ourselves. Or them.
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Leaning to Cut
Okay, fine, so it doesn't look like that much of a stretch. But I haven't hurt myself there yet!
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Erik
My assistant, enjoying a couple of hours off.
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Hail Mary
Not a bad shot from above, really.
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Dad Chopping
Dad definitely gets his hands dirty too.
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Betsy
One of the students from my lab, that has made it a point of coming every year for a while now.
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Several Cultivars
On an empty table, at that. Rare.
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Danielle Takes Notes
I like it when the wall is an available surface.
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Pink and Apples
There's a lot of pastels in this shot.
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Posing with the Apple
This led to a wonderful comment on the quiz: "This was the greatest day of my life. Mini Skirvin took a picture of me! We need to do this instead of quizzes more often."
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David Takes Some Shots
It makes me happy that I can have some basic photography conversations with him nowadays.
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Diane
She used to work in my Dad's lab.
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Mom
It's always nice to see her working along side us.
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Finishing Up
The last few apples went to the workers, and the random folks around.
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Descriptive Sign
"SKIRVIN'S HORT 100 APPLE CULTIVAR EVALUATION LAB". Doesn't that sound more classy than "Apple Lab"?
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