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Personally, I'm a big fan of Fujis. And nothing beats a good Red Delicious if it's fresh. I know that Red Delicious is reputed to be the White Zinfandel of the apple world, but I like 'em, and I don't care what the apple snobs have to say about it. (Or the wine snobs either, for that matter.)
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>There aren't any apples besides honeycrisp that I know I like for eating out of hand. Really? I can think of a few just off the top of my head, ambrosia, gala, pink lady, spartan, fuji. I'm not really even that into apples.
How did you leave Granny Smith off that list?
Personally, I'm a big fan of Fujis. And nothing beats a good Red Delicious if it's fresh. I know that Red Delicious is reputed to be the White Zinfandel of the apple world, but I like 'em, and I don't care what the apple snobs have to say about it. (Or the wine snobs either, for that matter.)
You get a couple mealy dry red delicious and it just makes to scared to keep trying them.
You can actually tell the quality of a RD by pressing on them with your thumb. The mealy ones will give. The crispy ones won't.
I suspect even a honeycrisp will get mushy if you let it sit on the shelf long enough.
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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.
Hmm, I'm meaning more the rust belt/great lakes part of the midwest. Maybe its changed since I moved away?
If you're in the Northeast, you should try a Macoun apple. More tart than Honey crisp, it's a cross between a Macintosh and some more crisp apple. I never had one until I moved to New York but now it's my favourite variety.
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Hmm, I'm meaning more the rust belt/great lakes part of the midwest. Maybe its changed since I moved away?
Great lakes? That's where all the good apples come from in the midwest, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan.
So this article is about east coast orchards complaining that a plant that was bred to grow in Minnesota doesn't grow as well on the east coast? Well duh. As Karina Gallardo, an agricultural economist at Washington State University was quoted in the article saying “There’s a higher investment and production cost in places that are not Minnesota,” And yet it seems these orchard still make money off Honeycrisp so I'm n…
It's an inside look, not really news. If you abstract it to "some competitors face challenges meeting changing consumer demands", it's boring. But some people might find the details of the apple market interesting.
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How did you leave Granny Smith off that list?
I remember loving Granny Smith back in the 1990s. Now they just don't have the same flavor. They're pulpy instead of sweet.