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Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by mikejarema »

"The definitive list of good and bad apples."

Definitive, eh? Qualifiers like this are amusing, as they're generally self-proclaimed.

However, having a domain like applerankings.com, as well as a comprehensive, in-depth and entertaining library of apple reviews, definitely helps make the case.

What other heuristics have you seen out there that help make a self-proclaimed "definitive source" become an indisputable one?

Edit: looks like the site came online last year with that same claim, so time is not in their corner.

Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by spike021 »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #107

Now this is the kind of important tech/nerd info that I come to HN for! 10/10 Notes: I'm only familiar with several of the varieties on this page, but I definitely agree with the rankings. We used to buy Gala, Fuji or Juici, since there were the cheapest at the store and we didn't know better, but once we tried Honeycrisp we never went back. (Cosmic Crisp also ok but not as good. I'd also rank Envy a bit lower.) Also…

I think Golden Delicious can be delicious but they have to be just right. Red are the absolute worst, though.

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Post by deeblering4 »

mmanfrin wrote: post #133

This blatant Fuji disrespect has not gone unnoticed. Honeycrisp is ranked second and Fuji is down at the bottom despite HC being a slightly crispier but way more expensive Fuji?! How DARE you.

Fuji rated far below Granny Smith? Horse food?? O H P L E A S E

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Post by soapboxrocket »

He's got Granny Smith in the shit category, and this just reminds me of a funny story about dogs!

We had two corgis and my wife made all their meals by hand. Part of their diet was apples, but we found one of the corgis would almost always eat around the apple (usually just a cheap red apple) pieces and leave them for the other dog. Then one time Granny Smith apples were cheaper at the grocery store so that is what we purchased and provided. He ate them up!

Turns out the dog just didn't like the sweeter apples and wanted the tart tang of a good Granny Smith.

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Post by widerporst »

867-5309 wrote: post #131
Spivak wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but red delicious is also fine I was prepared to agree with you on pretty much any apple except red delicious. They are absolutely disgusting and leave no room for preference or taste. They're flavorless and mealy. I wouldn't give one to my worst enemy.

>more of this silly apple snobbery

Eh, different people like different tastes, sure. I wouldn't judge someone for liking the taste of a Red Delicious. But there are some practically universally disdained qualities, like mealiness. And Red Delicious is definitely one of the worst offenders in that regards, making it an (almost) objectively bad cultivar.

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Post by ihaveajob »

Oh man, I liked a Cameo apple so much the other year that I kept the seeds to grow something at least remotely similar. Right now the tree is standing a good 8ft tall, and I expect it to yield some fruit next fall. Only time will tell if it's only a 50/100 apple, or a great one like I remember.

Actually, looking at the comments (https://applerankings.com/cameo-apple-review/), I'm not the only one who thinks they're a great pick.

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