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Post by insane_dreamer »

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…

To be fair, there is a huge difference in how some of these apples taste coming straight off the tree at the right moment, and in the supermarket.

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Post by purpleblue »

Autumn Glory apples are the absolute best apples I've ever had. I love it so much more than other apples, but I can't find them anywhere this year! The fact that this site ranks them so low means I can't trust any rankings from it.

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Post by cvwright »

Karawebnetwork wrote: post #319
jonahx wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to say that this invalidates the entire list! Great to see this as the top comment!

Red Delicious 25 Granny Smith 53 McIntosh 45 Cortland 24 Either I have never had a good apple or there is something off with this list and the reviews. Could it be they are using imported or out of season apples? This list is pretty much the apples I have access to locally and they are all perceivably better than some of the international variety that are ranked higher on that website. The comment section for Cortlan…

That’s only because you have terrible taste in apples. :)

Seriously though, who rates Braeburn at 73 and Cortland at 24? They’re really not that different if you get them fresh.

It sounds like they found their test Cortlands in a wet bag behind a dumpster.

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Post by cvwright »

LilBytes wrote: post #347
Karawebnetwork wrote: post #319

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Red Delicious 25 Granny Smith 53 McIntosh 45 Cortland 24 Either I have never had a good apple or there is something off with this list and the reviews. Could it be they are using imported or out of season apples? This list is pretty much the apples I have access to locally and they are all perceivably better than some of the international variety that are ranked higher on that website. The comment section for Cortlan…

I suspect the author of the website has no time for tart apples, seems there's a bias for sweetness.

I suspect the author has a sample size of one for some of these varietals. Some of these descriptions are… off.

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Post by jojobas »

soapboxrocket wrote: post #145

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 w…

All of their top picks are red, and the two I've tried are too sweet and bland at the same time.

I'll pick a Granny Smith any day over any red apple, the authors of this "ranking" appear quite arrogant in their pretentiousness.

Then again, I eat lemons whole so what do I know.

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