How do you like them apples
 

Question for the gang..

What is your favorite kind of apple? If you have multiple favorites, please list what seperates them.

For me, I am a big fan of Honeycrisp and Fuji varieties.

I like the Honeycrisp for its tarty sweetness which I find somewhere between a granny smith and a golden delicious..

The Fuji I like for how tame the flavor is. Its just a sweet, easy going apple.

What say you, FOFC?

Cripps Pink apples. I'm not sure what it is about them, I think it's the unique flavor for a crisp apple, but there the only apple I'll buy when they're available.

Grapples are pretty good.

I think apples are way overrated. Just a boring fruit that I avoid whenever I can.

Galas. Not too sweet, not at all mealy.

Macintosh, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious are my favorites.

Haralsons are my favorite.

SweeTango is my favorite, its 'parent' apples (Zestar / Honeycrisp) are probably my next favorites.

ah Apples. I grew up in the Hudson Valley, about five minutes away from an apple orchard and we had a few apple trees in our backyard, so I like them a lot, especially this time of year (apple cider for the win!). Empire apples are big in NY-they are my favorite-also like Granny Smith and Golden Delicious.

I stick with Granny Smiths mostly - really like the tartness.

Yup, Granny Smith most of the time, with the occasional Gala for its mellowness.

I think a Fuji apple the one of the greatest things on Earth. A Macoun is not very far behind.

Anyone not saying Honey Crisp, hasn't had one.

When Honey Crisp are not in season, I go with the Cripps Lady Pink as they're the closest approximation.

Honey Crisp are simply hands down far better than any other apple out there.

red delicious (let the scoffing begin)

Hey, if you like tasteless mush with a wax paper coating, there's nothing wrong with red delicious.

Tier One:

Honeycrisp
Pink Lady

Tier Two:

Gala
Braeburn (sp?)

No poll?

SI

Definitely need a poll so we can include the trapple - trout apple.

Fiona. Actually, she's the only Apple I know.

Oh, wait...

I'm allergic.

Macintosh

Granny Smith.

Didn't Stupid answer this not too long ago? I thought he said Red Delicious.

I like Honeycrisp. Although, IF you get a firm Red Delicious those can be great too, but its tough to find a firm one.

Stupid says Red Delicious
Smart says Granny Smith

I like Granny Smith and Golden Delicious about equally.

Granny Smith. Or Fuji every once in a while.

Fuji are my absolute favorite. I like the crispness.

Galas are also high on my list. For tart ones, I like Granny Smith, but I tend to use those if I'm not eating the apple alone...like if I'm making a grilled cheese, or if I'm eating it with peanut butter and cinnamon.

/tk

Hands down macintosh. Granny smith a close second.

How is it hands down if there's a close second ;)

SI

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Oh man.. I would have included a poll but it would have needed about 40 options or so I would guess. I'm stoked my local store just started carrying Honeycrisp apples though, the price is a little high, but worth every penny. Cut them bad boys up and put em on some peanut butter laden toasted bread with a dash of cinnamon/sugar and a teaspoon full of honey and you have a sandwich for the ages.

I go the Braeburn, Fuji route when it comes to apples. I am not a big Granny Smith fan.

It's honey crisp and who gives a shit about anything else.

Red Delicious have had the flavor completely bred out of them. Look it up.

Quiet you! :-P

We need weekly polls, a nomination thread, and a 64-apple tournament just in time for March. No exposed seed pics, pervballs.

I dislike Mark Appel

Whenever I ask my almost-5-year-old daughter, "How do you like them apples?!", she says, "I don't like them apples, Daddy."

My gears are officially turning..

After poking around on wikipedia I can't wait to get my hands on a SweeTango.

I havent had Honey Crips or Pink Lady, but I dislike all other kinds of apples I have eaten. I guess they arent awful, but very boring and not enjoyable.

you should definitely give honeycrisps a try then. They're explosively flavorful compared to all the other apples I have tried.

Honey Crisp is a great apple. And apparently not too hard to come by.

Fujis are good, and again pretty easy to come by.

I guess I'm going to have to try these Pink Ladies.

Just a couple of hours away from us, near San Luis Obispo there is an apple farm, Gopher Glen Home Page . As we've been visiting family over there on a regular basis, we've made this place a regular stop. Awesome variety, and a chance to try apples that you've generally never heard of. Right now in our fridge we have some Golden Delicious('cause my son really liked the sample) and Jonalicious. The latter are pretty freaking incredible, sweet and crisp. I really liked the Empires we got earlier this year crisp with a bit of tart to accompany the sweet.

Macoun?

I don't know if this is just a CT thing but I am shocked nobody else has mentioned these. I didn't even like apples because all I ever had was the local grocery store large bin crap. then I had a Macoun from a local farm and started exploring different kinds. Fuji and Macoun edge out the honey crisps and buying from an apple orchard is the best way to enjoy a fresh apple.

Macoun apple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Short season for them, just like Fujis and they are hard to grow. It seems like every season is a bad Macoun season around here.

I've always been partial to the tart green Granny Smiths. Never had a honey crisp, I'll have to look out for them.

I'm curious about these Macoun, but information from someone saying that a Fuji edges out a Honey Crisp is suspect ;).

It really is an incredible apple. The past couple years I've enjoyed going to local orchards with my kids and I've had a chance to sample a number of different apple varieties I've never seen for sale before. One place had these by the peck and I got some to take home after having read about the apple before. Amazing stuff. Unfortunately there was a nasty frost in the spring here this year that has killed a lot of the crops so I haven't seen them around much this year other than at rather high prices and for short periods of time.

I don't claim to have tried every variety, but as of now, this is me. I'll eat other apples, but I feel like I'm betraying my true love.

Red Delicious, fresh off the trees from a New England orchard...