Apples —sagarrak, in Basque— are an ancient crop here in Bizkaia, an amazing and vast diversity of varieties, for eating and making cider, having been preserved. Here are some of the designations gathered in the course of our fieldwork: kana-sagarra, sanjuan-sagarra, sanpedro-sagarra, santiago-sagarra, sanbartolome-sagarra, urdin sagarra, gaza sagarra, erreinetea, txarbea, papu gorria, madari-sagarra, limoi-sagarra, menbrilu-sagarra, bost kantoia, sagar gorria… (more…)