Apple season!

KDar1988

I love apples right from the orchard. We have a variety called Sweet Tango and supposed to be crossed with a honeycrisp. It is so good. I've been eating 2 a day.

I was in line buying a bag at the orchard and this little girl and her mom were ahead of me. The mom was ready to leave and says to the little girl "an apple a day!" and the little girl says "keeps the doctor away!....2 apples a day keeps the cancer away!" I chuckled to myself.

What's your favorite apple?

pdxwine

I love many different kinds, but Opal apples are at the top of my list. I also love tart apples and Braeburns. Mmmm.

LazSommer

2 apples a day gives the dentist his pay

Hamsibian

I live in Minnesota, which is apple heaven. I just bought a bag of Zestar apples, and am excited to make some apple sauce! I also love Fuji and Braeburn.

kommodevaran

Joya, Ambrosia, Pinova, Granny Smith

Chef_Barbell

I love Honeycrisp apples... Almost in season here in NY.

Owlie45

Fugitive, pink lady, translucent, and others.
My great grandpa had an apple orchard that I ate from but I never remembered the names.

WindSparrow

We had a MacIntosh tree in our yard when I was growing up. Sooooooo good, but the ones in the stores seem so bland compared to my memories. I have only found one orchard that grows Macs like the ones in my memory. We stumbled on the place while on vacation. But of the new varieties, I like Zestar, and I love SweeTango. OP is right, SweeTango is a cross between Honeycrisp and Zestar. I think Jonagold is my favorite all around. They don't grow Pink Ladies around here, but they are available in the off season; they are my favorite off season apple.

jemhh

Honeycrisp. Honeycrisp. Honeycrisp.

Rabbitsocksgardener

I can never be bothered to remember the types (whoops!) but I love soft apples with a tiny bit of crunch. Very sweet and a bit tangy! Mmmmm

This is getting me excited for apple picking this Sunday!

princedeac

Living in Massachusetts it is hard to pick just ONE Apple!! However, I'm a fan of the macintosh and honey crisp apples we pick at the orchard located in Peabody. Question regarding apples, anybody have any healthy baked apple recipes to share? For example, apple muffins, crisps or others???

sunnybeaches105

Fuji and Granny Smith for munching on. I like to use a combination of Granny Smith and one of Rome, McIntosh or Gala when I make apple pie, but I tend to prefer Gala.

YvetteK2015

Pink lady, ambrosia, and honey crisp

YvetteK2015

I eat apples everyday. They are a go to snack when I'm hungry, but I don't know what I want to eat.

geneticsteacher

Winesap - an old variety, very crunchy and not overly sweet. Yum.

hludwig980

Zestar are pretty good but my favorite are Empire. Apple time is my favorite time of the year. This is the only time I eat apples. Any other time of the year they don't have much taste to me.

dragon_girl26

Yay, an apple thread!

I was stoked to see apples at the farmers market again...it's my favorite time of year! I love them all for different reasons, but the honeycrisp make terrific snacking apples. I tend to be partial to the MacIntosh and Winesap varieites though.

RodaRose

Granny Smith are my favorite fresh apples.

gingerbee33

Honeycrisp apples are the best! I enjoy one a day year around, but they are the best tasting in the fall as this is apple season.

evesmom2

I miss the MacIntosh that we used to get when I was a kid. I don't know what they did, but they certainly aren't the same...now they are just bland....even Grannysmiths aren't as tart as I like. I like honeycrisp and ambrosia since I can't find a good MacIntosh

Francl27

The last honeycrisp apples I had were really disappointing so I admit I've given up on them... I buy pink ladies year round. I admit that I don't know a lot of the apples you guys are talking about!

The local orchard had early fuji last year that were delicious though, and I loved their sun crisp as well. Planning to stock up on all of those this year...

arditarose

I might never eat an apple again.

JeanLaw131

Honeycrisp or Gala are my favs!

tommytorpedo

Harlson

capaul42

For simply eating, golden delicious and honeycrisp. For baking of any kind (pies, muffins, chips) I prefer Cortland.

WindSparrow

evesmom2 wrote: »

I miss the MacIntosh that we used to get when I was a kid. I don't know what they did, but they certainly aren't the same...now they are just bland....even Grannysmiths aren't as tart as I like. I like honeycrisp and ambrosia since I can't find a good MacIntosh

I know what you mean. Part of the problem with Macs is that way back when, the MacIntosh brothers took a while to learn how to properly clone a cutting from their original tree. They sold a bunch of seedlings that were actually crosses of their good tree with who-knows-whatever tree was cross-pollinating it before they figured it out. So figure that the Macs we buy now that taste nothing like, those are from the non-cloned seedlings. Another factor is that they only taste their best when fresh. While on vacation once I found an orchard that sells Macs that tasted so much like what I remember from the tree we had in our yard when I was a kid that it brought tears to my eyes. You better believe I bought a half peck. A few weeks later, I saw in a grocery store some distance away from the orchard a display of Macs with that orchard's logo on it. I got some, but was disappointed by the way these apples only had a ghost of the flavor of the fresh ones. On the off-chance that you will be in the neighborhood of Lake Peppin in the next few weeks or will want to have them ship you some, here is the website for Peppin Heights Orchard: https://pepinheights.com Anybody else that can get there, do - so you can find out what a real MacIntosh tastes like. It's a few miles down the road from the National Eagle Center, so you can have a truly amazing day if you plan it right.

girlinahat

Cox' Orange Pippin. The right amount of crunch and sharpness. Discovery for their sweetness and short season, and Bramley's for the way they become deliciousness in an apple crumble.

WindSparrow

girlinahat, some people from the U.S. like to visit the U.K. to sample the ale. I'd want to visit in autumn and sample the apples.

JeepHair77

Golden Delicious is my favorite, except that there's a tendency for them to be a little soft and that offends me to my core, so I only buy them when they are PERFECT. So more often than not, we buy Gala apples.

But for baking? I use equal parts Granny Smith and Red Delicious.

girlinahat

WindSparrow wrote: »

girlinahat, some people from the U.S. like to visit the U.K. to sample the ale. I'd want to visit in autumn and sample the apples.

what annoys me the most is that the majority of the supermarkets don't sell many British apples. Asda seem to sell primarily French and New Zealand apples, which is just ludicrous.

Of course it's not just apples for eating that we get here in the West Country - this is CIDER country round here.......

Emily3907

I typically do not like apples and rarely eat them, but I will make an exception for honeycrisp. I really like those!