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Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by vehemenz » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:38 PM UTC

The ratings aren't serious, but I like the idea of having a "go to" site that simply provides a rating, brief description, and that's it.

It would be great to have something like this for movies, since IMDB and RT are not serious ratings (MetaCritic is a bit closer, I suppose).

Re: Apple Rankings

#42

Post by drstewart » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:39 PM UTC

Honeycrisps are overrated. Too sweet. It's a meme apple at this point. Cosmic Crisps beat them all day long imo.

Re: Apple Rankings

#43

Post by Cockbrand » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:39 PM UTC

Where's Elstar? Or Gravenstein? Both are excellent apples in both flavor and texture.

Re: Apple Rankings

#44

Post by NKosmatos » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

CarVac wrote: post #28

The best apple I ever had was a Fuji apple… in Japan. It's never that crisp in the US. I don't know why they rank Cosmic Crisp so low. I rank it neck and neck with SweeTango.

Came here to say the same thing about Fuji apples. They're great from all aspects, juicy, nice taste, crisp/crunchy and you can keep them for many days without going bad. I don't know about the author or other places, but here in Greece we get them produced locally and they're always fresh and delicious.

(Obviously I'm a Fuji apple lover :-) )

Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by jihadjihad » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

Amazing site, but I have to disagree on a couple of them! In my area, orchards have excellent Jonathan and Winesap apples--I would never rank them that low! And I haven't tried aging Arkansas Black apples yet, but I have heard it's worth doing if you have the storage.

Totally agree on Pink Lady, just a wonderful apple all around.

Re: Apple Rankings

#46

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #5

They've ranked Granny Smith as "Not worth eating" so right off the bat I can tell you the rating system is junk. It loses the most points on its "density." Can't say I've ever eaten a granny smith and thought "I enjoy this taste, but I sure wish I could change the density."

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Re: Apple Rankings

#47

Post by Waterluvian » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

dalbasal wrote: post #24

Waterluvian wrote: post #16

McIntosh: “ A Seal-Skinned Canadian Letdown.” 45, horse food. So it’s war then.

No need for war. This list is objective, so it can't apply the standard canadian handicap, as is traditional for most ranking lists.

We demand that our handicap be applied at all times.

Re: Apple Rankings

#48

Post by vehemenz » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:42 PM UTC

Cockbrand wrote: post #43

Where's Elstar? Or Gravenstein? Both are excellent apples in both flavor and texture.

Cultivars are highly regional.

About half of the apples on this list are ones I recognize as being generally available in the US, depending on the time of year, but I'm not sure how the others were chosen.

Re: Apple Rankings

#49

Post by dsparkman » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:42 PM UTC

Yeah, these rankings are bogus. Snapdragon is far superior to Honeycrisp.

Re: Apple Rankings

#50

Post by sdfhbdf » Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 3:43 PM UTC

This is very US-Centric.

Poland is the 3rd most apple producing country in the world (behind US and China) [1]. It has probably the highest apple per capita count and I cannot even find basic varieties that Poland offers in this search engine - Ligol, Antonówka (Antonovka) [2][3].

[1]: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-apple-producing-coun...

[2]: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligol

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonovka