Interesting article on the U of M apples:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theresabeckhusen/2018/10/06/tha...
The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
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#121. Pink Lady > Honeycrisp (though Honeycrisp is very good). 2. "The Honeycrisp variety is now so popular, consumers will spend three times the cost of other apples to experience it." Wow, I'm thankful I live in Oregon. Our local grocery store has about 10 varieties of apples on sale and Honeycrisp are usually no more expensive than other varieties.
Braeburns are perfectly cheap and taste great and crisp, imo. I've never understood the draw of $3+/lb Honeycrisps.
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#131. Pink Lady > Honeycrisp (though Honeycrisp is very good). 2. "The Honeycrisp variety is now so popular, consumers will spend three times the cost of other apples to experience it." Wow, I'm thankful I live in Oregon. Our local grocery store has about 10 varieties of apples on sale and Honeycrisp are usually no more expensive than other varieties.
Pink lady better than Honeycrisp? Pink lady's are okay but they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp. Also Honeycrisp are not that expensive if you buy them on sale, just got some for $1.85 a pound in Minneapolis.
Thank you. You have succinctly described why I prefer Pink Lady's to Honeycrisp.
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Pink lady better than Honeycrisp? Pink lady's are okay but they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp. Also Honeycrisp are not that expensive if you buy them on sale, just got some for $1.85 a pound in Minneapolis.
$1.85 a pound in Minneapolis? Probably cheaper near you because they're grown closer to you. I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.
I remember buying Honeycrisps for $1.09/# in SE Wisconsin, back before they got nationally popular. Of course, now that they are popular, they sell for more than $3/# where I currently live, and you can often tell they were grown somewhere other than northern lake country, just because they taste so different. East coast Honeycrisps really are no better than Pink Lady, and if you line up three genetically identical Honeycrisps from Washington, Minnesota, and New York, there is absolutely no question that you will be able to pick out the Minnesota one by taste.
It's like buying low-sulfur onions grown somewhere other than Vidalia, GA. If you know the food well enough, you can sometimes taste the placeness in it.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pink lady better than Honeycrisp? Pink lady's are okay but they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp. Also Honeycrisp are not that expensive if you buy them on sale, just got some for $1.85 a pound in Minneapolis.
$1.85 a pound in Minneapolis? Probably cheaper near you because they're grown closer to you. I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.
Just be glad you're not in the Midwest where your options are "red", "yellow", and "green"! Red delicious are truly a crime against horticulture!
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#17> at a certain point the consumer doesn’t want to buy an apple the size of a grapefruit Um... yes I do. Is the Honeycrisp itself not sufficient proof that apple growers have had absolutely no clue about what consumers really wanted, for decades? In the same vein, where have all the honkin' big seeded watermelons gone? You remember those, back when they had big black seeds, and actual flavor ? Don't blame the consumer…
Do you have any idea what edible mutualists you could grow with them? I'd bet there is a fungus meant for the rootbed. Having trouble intuiting much beyond that though.
I agree with what you're trying to communicate, I think, but my anecdote from yesterday disagrees with size. I looked at the massive honey crisp on my counter (around a softball's size), but didn't want to have to cut it in half.
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$1.85 a pound in Minneapolis? Probably cheaper near you because they're grown closer to you. I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.
Just be glad you're not in the Midwest where your options are "red", "yellow", and "green"! Red delicious are truly a crime against horticulture!
What? Did you read the article? Or have you been to the midwest? Honeycrisp are from the midwest and when I'm in the grocery store we have a dozen or so varieties of apples, Like Zestar, Pink lady, Honeycrisp, Sweet tango, Opal and the usual suspects as well.
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#19The article mentions it only in passing, but in 2019 we'll finally see Cosmic Crisps [0] on the market. These are likely to surpass the Honeycrisp in texture, sweetness, and tart. And unlike the otherwise excellent Honeycrisp, Cosmic Crisps are not susceptible to sun burn nor bitter pit (brown pits on the apple). I'm excited to try them!
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#201. Pink Lady > Honeycrisp (though Honeycrisp is very good). 2. "The Honeycrisp variety is now so popular, consumers will spend three times the cost of other apples to experience it." Wow, I'm thankful I live in Oregon. Our local grocery store has about 10 varieties of apples on sale and Honeycrisp are usually no more expensive than other varieties.
Absolutely agreed. One thing I've noticed though is that they are harder to find for some reason. The stores near me have gallons of red delicious, gala, fuji, and granny smith. Honeycrisp is a nice find, and pink ladies I have to remember where I bought. Do people really like those common garbage apples, or just buy them because they are cheaper?