Apple Varieties

[+ Gar1eth]

My favorite apples for the last decade or so have been Jazz or Fuji. I've pretty much hated every Red Delicious apple I've had as their taste has been taste-less and their texture on the mushy side. I've wondered if it's my tastebuds that have changed because that's what I mostly ate as a child with the occasional Granny Smith, Rome, or MacIntosh thrown in, or if there had been a change in the taste of the Red Delicious.

 

Well recently I've found some pretty good Red Delicious Apples. They still don't beat Fuji or Jazz in taste. But they actually have some taste to them. And the taste is good. Part of the change may be that I haven't been refrigerating my apples lately. But that's not all of the reason. I've had lousy Red Delicious straight from the store where I haven't been refrigerating them for a week or more.

 

I'm wondering if the main reason I've found some good (non-farmer's stand) Red Delicious is that I live in Washington State, and the apples haven't had to travel as far to the store, so they are fresher.

 

Gman

[+ Truereview]

It is not the apple, it's how you eat it that matters...

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[BabyBoomer]

so they are fresher.

 

 

Gman

 

Are they still sprayed with alar?

 

~ Boomer ~

[big-n-tall]

Pacific Rose Apples. They only appear in stores for like a month each year (well at least in my area).

[+ glennnn]

I think that growing up we never had Fuji apples and Red Delicious were standard and acceptable. After eating Fuji's, the Delicious apples just suffer by comparison.

[AdamSmith]

It is not the apple, it's how you eat it that matters...

So true...

 

http://courtauld.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/port/ol/P-1947-LF-77-tif-10575.jpg

[AdamSmith]

Agree that supermarket Red Delicious these days make Styrofoam taste good by comparison. Like a lot of fruit, they seem to have been bred for not much except durability in transit.

 

Our Kroger stores hereabouts usually have Gala apples as their cheapest decent-tasting variety.

 

P.S. It can be a revelation to go to an apple orchard and eat them ripe right off the tree, before they've been gassed or put on cold storage -- after being picked green -- to have indefinite shelf life. Even more so for peaches.

[+ quoththeraven]

I think Red Delicious (and possibly other varieties) tasted better in the past when they weren't shipped as far and were shipped closer to when they were ripe rather than being picked green and treated for longer shelf life.

 

At least Golden Delicious still has some semblance of taste and is good when I want something less sweet than Red Delicious but not as bitey as Granny Smith.

 

Fuji and Jazz taste good, but here on the East Coast we get good-tasting Macouns, Rome and Empire apples from New York orchards.

[bigvalboy]

My favorite apples for the last decade or so have been Jazz or Fuji. I've pretty much hated every Red Delicious apple I've had as their taste has been taste-less and their texture on the mushy side. I've wondered if it's my tastebuds that have changed because that's what I mostly ate as a child with the occasional Granny Smith, Rome, or MacIntosh thrown in, or if there had been a change in the taste of the Red Delicious.

 

Well recently I've found some pretty good Red Delicious Apples. They still don't beat Fuji or Jazz in taste. But they actually have some taste to them. And the taste is good. Part of the change may be that I haven't been refrigerating my apples lately. But that's not all of the reason. I've had lousy Red Delicious straight from the store where I haven't been refrigerating them for a week or more.

 

I'm wondering if the main reason I've found some good (non-farmer's stand) Red Delicious is that I live in Washington State, and the apples haven't had to travel as far to the store, so they are fresher.

 

Gman

 

Oh that apple...Never mind.

 

Funny where our mind goes sometimes...

[Guest]

My favorite is the Pink Lady apple:

http://www.from.bz.it/sites/default/files/styles/popup/public/pink-lady.jpg?itok=1YPHmqzJ

 

• Uses: Eat fresh
  
• Flavour quality: Exceptional
  
• Flavour quality: Very good
  
• Flavour style: Aromatic
  
• Flavour style: Sweet/Sharp
  
• Harvest period: Very-Late season
  
• Use / keeping: 3 months or more
  

[Guest]

TOP 10 MOST VOTED ON VARIETIES

• Pink Lady® (votes: 120) - rating: 4.38
   
  
• Granny Smith (votes: 111) - rating: 4.52
   
  
• Honeycrisp (votes: 104) - rating: 4.65
   
  
• Jazz™ (votes: 78) - rating: 4.32
   
  
• Red Delicious (votes: 69) - rating: 3.04
   
  
• Fuji (votes: 55) - rating: 4.49
   
  
• McIntosh (votes: 51) - rating: 4.61
   
  
• Golden Delicious (votes: 51) - rating: 4.14
   
  
• Gala (votes: 46) - rating: 4.17
   
  
• Jonagold (votes: 41) - rating: 4.07
  

[Guest]

Hey, another drink that needs egg whites...

http://www.lovethispic.com/uploaded_images/14921-Pink-Lady-Martini.jpg

[mike carey]

Wow, Australian varieties at 1 and 2!

 

(Ed: Oops, I can't read a table.)

[Nvr2Thick]

My favorite is the Pink Lady apple:

 

 

Always important to specify "apple".

 

[+ Gar1eth]

I think that growing up we never had Fuji apples and Red Delicious were standard and acceptable. After eating Fuji's, the Delicious apples just suffer by comparison.

 

Glenn,

 

I think you may be partially correct. But I think, and I could be wrong, that Red Delicious have been overbred selecting for apples that won't spoil and are possibly picked way too young with methods used to artificially ripen them.

 

Gman

[+ deej]

P.S. It can be a revelation to go to an apple orchard and eat them ripe right off the tree, before they've been gassed or put on cold storage -- after being picked green -- to have indefinite shelf life. Even more so for peaches.

 

That goes for any produce. In Ventura County we can drive country roads and find stands selling strawberries fresh from the field. They are worlds apart from the flavorless blobs in grocery stores.

 

Similar experiences can be had in the midwest with sweetcorn.

 

A tomato fresh from the vine (and never refrigerated) will always eclipse anything procured commercially. They're not even the same fruit.

 

Fresh is always best.

[AdamSmith]

Fresh is always best.

So true. The ex had a fairly green thumb and kept a small garden. One taste of broccoli fresh-picked and thrown directly into the pot makes the store-bought product taste like wood.

[Guest]

Wow, Australian varieties at 1 and 2!

My favorite is, indeed, Australian. I have an affinity for things Australian. But I will point out that the most highly rated, the Honeycrisp, is as American as, well, apple pie!

[marylander1940]

Oh that apple...Never mind.

 

Funny where our mind goes sometimes...

 

[+ Gar1eth]

My favorite is, indeed, Australian. I have an affinity for things Australian. But I will point out that the most highly rated, the Honeycrisp, is as American as, well, apple pie!

 

I love apple pie. But I prefer a crumb top.

 

http://www.bonappetit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cinnamon-crumble-apple-pie.jpg

 

That goes for any produce. In Ventura County we can drive country roads and find stands selling strawberries fresh from the field. They are worlds apart from the flavorless blobs in grocery stores.

 

 

The majority of strawberries I've had in my life have been store-bought and white on the inside. Apparently that means they aren't ripe. Also if they are hollow on the inside, they spoil more easily as the hollow space serves as an oxygen reservoir (from a Huffpost article).

 

I saw two new apple varieties at Safeway recently. One was called Koru. The sign said it was from New Zealand. I believe the other started with the letter K too. But I can't remember it. I had never seen them before. I wanted to try them. But they were expensive at $2.47/pound. So I bought some cheaper Fujis. Hopefully I can try them one of these days if they prove to be popular.

 

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Gman

[+ friendofsheila]

The new Smitten apple is quite a comer!

[whipped guy]

Oh that apple...Never mind.

 

Funny where our mind goes sometimes...

 

Well BVB I have always liked the way that you think!

 

Well at least the Apple iPhone 6s does come in "Rose Gold" and that indeed sounds as if it could be a variety of Apple... edible apple (with a small "a") that is!

http://cdn.iphonehacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iphone-6s-rose-gold-small.jpg

[bigvalboy]

Well BVB I have always liked the way that you think!

 

Well at least the Apple iPhone 6s does come in "Rose Gold" and that indeed sounds as if it could be a variety of Apple... edible apple (with a small "a") that is!

http://cdn.iphonehacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iphone-6s-rose-gold-small.jpg

The last "Rose Gold" phone I got, everyone said it was pink. After awhile, I just went with it.

[RM]

I think honeycrisp and pink lady are the best, but I buy Fuji because it costs about half as much as those.