954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 I just cant get over how much better Honeycrisp apples are than the rest. Every once in a while I'll switch it up to golden delicious, but nothing else seems to be on par. My least favorite is definitely red delicious. I don't even consider those apples! So...are there any other types of apples out there I need to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletrain06 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 31 minutes ago, 954gator said: I just cant get over how much better Honeycrisp apples are than the rest. Every once in a while I'll switch it up to golden delicious, but nothing else seems to be on par. My worst favorite is definitely red delicious. I don't even consider those apples! So...are there any other types of apples out there I need to try? Oh no, you've fallen for the Honeycrisp hype. Honeycrisp are good but are nowhere near worth ~$2 an apple. Fuji apples are the sweetest and I like better than Honeycrisp. I love Granny Smiths too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Coletrain06 said: Oh no, you've fallen for the Honeycrisp hype. Honeycrisp are good but are nowhere near worth ~$2 an apple. Fuji apples are the sweetest and I like better than Honeycrisp. I love Granny Smiths too. I've tried both of those, but man the HoneyCrisp just hits my pallet perfectly I guess. It wasn't until I had one at a friends place that I discovered it. Took one bite and was like WTF type apple is this?!?! Soooo good. The skin just evaporates on it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Homeycrisp number one for sure. Fuji a distant second. And the occasional Gravenstein to mix it up with the sweet-tart combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 4 minutes ago, Coletrain06 said: Oh no, you've fallen for the Honeycrisp hype. Honeycrisp are good but are nowhere near worth ~$2 an apple. Fuji apples are the sweetest and I like better than Honeycrisp. I love Granny Smiths too. Yeah they are on the expensive side, but I do enjoy them much more than any other apple 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Cossacks said: Yeah they are on the expensive side, but I do enjoy them much more than any other album. Same here. I would have never bought them to try them out if I wasn't blown away by them already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cossacks said: Homeycrisp number one for sure. Fuji a distant second. And the occasional Gravenstein to mix it up with the sweet-tart combo. Hmm, I've never tried that one. Might keep an eye out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, Cossacks said: Homeycrisp number one for sure. Fuji a distant second. And the occasional Gravenstein to mix it up with the sweet-tart combo. TF is a Gravenstein.... Fuji and Jazz apples are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Snapdragons are 3rd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, 954gator said: Hmm, I've never tried that one. Might keep an eye out. Pretty regional to Cal/Ore/Wash I am not sure exactly where they are available, but might not be available on the east coast. Different tasting, tart and sweet, but they make a really good apple pie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Cossacks said: Pretty regional to Cal/Ore/Wash I am not sure exactly where they are available, but might not be available on the east coast. Different tasting, tart and sweet, but they make a really good apple pie. Theyre not just like some different variations of Orange and Peaches arent available on the west coast.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxchoboian Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 If the batch of Honeycrisps are good looking, that's what I get. If they're picked through and only bruised ones are remaining, I move on to Fuji. If all else fails, I go for rock solid Galas (they can get real soft, and are not good at all that way). I like them refrigerated, too, unless I'm mowing the lawn and reach up and snag one off the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealCAJ Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Never thought about apples too much. Maybe I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjd33 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 This thread is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Love the topic But a discussion among Granny Smith's or Red Delicious is akin to the beer aficianados (and it's much the same crew) debating "great taste" or "less filling" HEIRLOOM and ORGANIC are the buzz words and, besides delicious eating apples, are driving Cider to be the fastest growing segment EVER in the alcohol industry. Have spent the last couple of years restoring a 150-year old pear and apple orchard in the San Juan Islands in WA (which was WA's "apple basket" prior to the Great Depression and the irrigation of the Columbia River basin in eastern WA). Have the following varieties available (generally ~ 10 trees/ each variety): Cox's Orange Pippens Karmijn de Sonnavilles Gravenstein's Ashmead Kernals Queen Cox Grannywinkles Libertys Roxbury Russets Harrison's Cider Honeycrisps Newton Pippens Ananas Reinettes Dudleys Kingston Blacks Hudsons Golden Karmijn Standards Esopus Spitzenbergs Winters Bed Flesh William's Pride Orcas Pears Red Clapp Pears Conference Pears Rescue Pears Comice Pears Italian Plums Some of these are pure cider and not for eating -- have in mind to become a ciderist in next life, but the eating varieties are delicious and very different from the generic store brands. Particularly you guys that trade info on the merits of this or that obscure brew have a whole world of discovery open to you in apples and ciders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, TheMaximumHornetSting said: TF is a Gravenstein.... Fuji and Jazz apples are the best. Have you tried HoneyCrisp though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 minute ago, 954gator said: Have you tried HoneyCrisp though? Yes.... I dont like em... my taste is very.... difficult to match... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just now, TheMaximumHornetSting said: Yes.... I dont like em... my taste is very.... difficult to match... Interesting, well everyone's different. There are a lot of people on the opposite spectrum and love red delicious. I feel like most people don't really think much about the apples they buy because they looks so similar (as far as the red/green variety). Almost everyone that's tried one at my place has the same reaction I initially had lol. WTF type of apple is this?! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Snapdragons are great.... Snapdragons and RubyFrost are a East coast Variation of apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, TheRealCAJ said: Never thought about apples too much. Maybe I need to. I never did either up until I tried one while at school in MIlwaukee. At first when I came back they didn't really sell them down here, but in the last 2-3 yrs I've been seeing them regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just now, 954gator said: I never did either up until I tried one while at school in MIlwaukee. At first when I came back they didn't really sell them down here, but in the last 2-3 yrs I've been seeing them regularly. They grow em in North georgia in the mountains.... Probably where alot of Floridas apples come from.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connman Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 3 hours ago, Coletrain06 said: Oh no, you've fallen for the Honeycrisp hype. Honeycrisp are good but are nowhere near worth ~$2 an apple. Fuji apples are the sweetest and I like better than Honeycrisp. I love Granny Smiths too. I see them usually selling for $3.49 lb! Can you ship me a bunch if they're only $2 lb? I agree with you that fuji's are just as good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxchoboian Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Pops said: Love the topic But a discussion among Granny Smith's or Red Delicious is akin to the beer aficianados (and it's much the same crew) debating "great taste" or "less filling" HEIRLOOM and ORGANIC are the buzz words and, besides delicious eating apples, are driving Cider to be the fastest growing segment EVER in the alcohol industry. Have spent the last couple of years restoring a 150-year old pear and apple orchard in the San Juan Islands in WA (which was WA's "apple basket" prior to the Great Depression and the irrigation of the Columbia River basin in eastern WA). Have the following varieties available (generally ~ 10 trees/ each variety): Cox's Orange Pippens Karmijn de Sonnavilles Gravenstein's Ashmead Kernals Queen Cox Grannywinkles Libertys Roxbury Russets Harrison's Cider Honeycrisps Newton Pippens Ananas Reinettes Dudleys Kingston Blacks Hudsons Golden Karmijn Standards Esopus Spitzenbergs Winters Bed Flesh William's Pride Orcas Pears Red Clapp Pears Conference Pears Rescue Pears Comice Pears Italian Plums Some of these are pure cider and not for eating -- have in mind to become a ciderist in next life, but the eating varieties are delicious and very different from the generic store brands. Particularly you guys that trade info on the merits of this or that obscure brew have a whole world of discovery open to you in apples and ciders. Sounds like a good time with the apples and pears. So of the ones you listed, are they all your favorite, or which would you prefer if you could only have 1 kind for the rest of your life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 Just now, maxchoboian said: Sounds like a good time with the apples and pears. So of the ones you listed, are they all your favorite, or which would you prefer if you could only have 1 kind for the rest of your life? Full disclosure -- most are juvenile trees, not supporting a harvest just yet (orchard is 150 years old, but hadn't been tended in decades and just restored it over last couple of years) I've probably tried a dozen and don't remember one being the last apple I'll ever eat, but know I found the Orange Pippens, Gravensteins, and Honeycrips to be excellent eating apples I need more time up there and am working on that in 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletrain06 Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, Connman said: I see them usually selling for $3.49 lb! Can you ship me a bunch if they're only $2 lb? I agree with you that fuji's are just as good! I meant ~$2 each apple. $3.49/ lb is what they are here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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