>> wet weather that makes organic growing impossible
What what what?
The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
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Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#32Variety and regional specialty are good! This article seems to be complaining that things grow well in one place and not another place. Breed your own apples then! There aren't any apples besides honeycrisp that I know I like for eating out of hand. The market wants better produce all around and most things you find these days were bred for qualities that are good for the supply chain instead of the taste and health…
>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.
Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#33Personally, 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.)
Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#34>> wet weather that makes organic growing impossible What what what?
Damp allows fungus and mold to grow, which would require more aggressive chemicals than if you have more of a dry climate.
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#35Variety and regional specialty are good! This article seems to be complaining that things grow well in one place and not another place. Breed your own apples then! There aren't any apples besides honeycrisp that I know I like for eating out of hand. The market wants better produce all around and most things you find these days were bred for qualities that are good for the supply chain instead of the taste and health…
>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.
I'm similarly incredulous, but when I actually go to buy apples the only ones I'm confident I'll like are honeycrisp.
I guess I'm even less into apples.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Hmm, I'm meaning more the rust belt/great lakes part of the midwest. Maybe its changed since I moved away?
Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#37Variety and regional specialty are good! This article seems to be complaining that things grow well in one place and not another place. Breed your own apples then! There aren't any apples besides honeycrisp that I know I like for eating out of hand. The market wants better produce all around and most things you find these days were bred for qualities that are good for the supply chain instead of the taste and health…
>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?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I want apples that I can fit three in my mouth at a time, that squish like grapes. I want apples bigger than my head, that I can pop into the oven whole, then cut off the top and spoon out the flesh like custard. I want apples that crunch when I bite them. I want apples that splat when I throw them. I want apples that taste like cherries. I want apples that taste like pears. I want apples that taste like different ki…
Ode to Apples
logfromblammo
HN, 11/18
That paragraph would make a nice children’s book with the right illustrator.
The narrator would get older each page until he was eating the rais-apples with no teeth.
Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#39>> wet weather that makes organic growing impossible What what what?
Presumably because of mildew.
Re: The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
#40But damn they're good! We're overflowing with honey crisps and fresh cider this time of year, its beautiful.