favorite kind of apple?

SarahMorganP

Macintosh

mikethom

Granny Smith! Tart, sweet and crisp!

radicalreader

Now ... fuji or gala because that's the easiest to find organic where I shop. I'm not an organic nutcase, but apples are #1 on the dirty dozen. I buy dirty dozen produce organic. Clean 15 I buy regular produce.
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

Not all non-organic apples are produced using chemicals and pesticides, though. A lot of growers are going more toward soft programs, which build up the trees with nutrients so that they can fight off pests on their own as well as grow a better apple.

When I buy at the farmers' market or orchard, they publicize information about their growing techniques and can be comfortable buying non-organic. But when I pick up apples at the grocer, I have no idea how the apple was grown so I would rather play it safe. My family eats a lot of apples. Unless I know for sure where they came from and how they were grown, I'd rather be safe.

Fair enough.

Having grown up eating apples, cherries, pears, and peaches straight off the tree in non-organic orchards (in the 80s and 90s, no less), I just always find it a bit amusing that people freak out about them so much.

I know. I grew up on a farm. I have fond memories of lying on my back in the garden, reading my book and snacking on veggies (dirt and all) right from the plants. That said, I think our environment and food supply are so much more inundated with chemicals and hormones than they were a generation ago. I'm not concerned so much for me, but I worry about the next generation.

Espressocycle

Honeycrisp, hands down. The guy at the farm stand calls them "the crack of apples" - second choice, Stayman, third choice Pink Lady, fourth choice, a banana.

IsleOfThanet

Pink Lady and Gala. But I only like medium to small apples ... so many of the apples in the shop are huge and look like they have been on a course of steriods.

whiskers17

GOLDRUSH ... !!! I've never had a crisper, juicer, more powerful flavored apple in all my life ... THEY ARE 'DE BOMB !!!

robinogue

organic gala apples.

Grokette

Honey Crisp

Emily_Katherine

Ambrosia! Yummmmmmmm.

nkswans

I love gala, honeycrisp and granny smith. I don't like red delicious apples at all. I feel like they get soft sooner than others.

JosieMomGramma

Gala are my favorite so far. It us to be red delicious, but the past several years I do not find them as sweet & mostly to soft. Anyway I am putting on a women's evening event in our church all surrounding around "Apples" , what the bible says about the Apple of the eye, etc. Also the health benefits of apples & other information on them. I have purchased several different kinds of apples to sample as well. Some of which I have not even heard of or tasted so I am looking forward to it. I am curious as to the taste of the Honey crisp, which I did purchase; as many of you have said they are your favorite. Apples are definitely good for you!!!

GettingFit4Me2011

I just had to try a Honey Crisp apple with lots of people saying how much they love them....This is my taste results of the Honey Crisps compared to Gala apples and that is the Honey Crisp are SWEET compared to Gala. Too sweet for me! I am going back to my Gala applies.

Vonnie2006

honeycrisp, braeburn and red delicious in that order

wmlpd6

Call me old fashioned but a good ol' Red Delicious works for me. Fujis mighty satisfying too!

Loolypooly

Golden girl!

unsuspectingfish

Now ... fuji or gala because that's the easiest to find organic where I shop. I'm not an organic nutcase, but apples are #1 on the dirty dozen. I buy dirty dozen produce organic. Clean 15 I buy regular produce.
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

Not all non-organic apples are produced using chemicals and pesticides, though. A lot of growers are going more toward soft programs, which build up the trees with nutrients so that they can fight off pests on their own as well as grow a better apple.

When I buy at the farmers' market or orchard, they publicize information about their growing techniques and can be comfortable buying non-organic. But when I pick up apples at the grocer, I have no idea how the apple was grown so I would rather play it safe. My family eats a lot of apples. Unless I know for sure where they came from and how they were grown, I'd rather be safe.

Fair enough.

Having grown up eating apples, cherries, pears, and peaches straight off the tree in non-organic orchards (in the 80s and 90s, no less), I just always find it a bit amusing that people freak out about them so much.

I know. I grew up on a farm. I have fond memories of lying on my back in the garden, reading my book and snacking on veggies (dirt and all) right from the plants. That said, I think our environment and food supply are so much more inundated with chemicals and hormones than they were a generation ago. I'm not concerned so much for me, but I worry about the next generation.

For apples, though, I think the opposite is true. The chemicals they put on them have become much more regulated and the pesticides much less dangerous from a generation ago. Such is probably not the case for all crops, and many out there have become more likely to be genetically modified, but I know for a fact that there is, as of yet, no such thing as a GM apple.

Ant_M76

Pink Ladies!!

collinsclarac

Golden Ginger & Honeycrisp - Yum

GettingFit4Me2011

What does a Pink Lady taste like? Is it sweet like Honey Crisp? I love Gala apples, the Honey Crisp apple is too sweet for me.

countrydarling1

GALA!!

unsuspectingfish

What does a Pink Lady taste like? Is it sweet like Honey Crisp? I love Gala apples, the Honey Crisp apple is too sweet for me.

The Pink Lady is a bit more tart than the Honeycrisp.

nedrafae

Fuji is my fave hands down...I can't stand the texture of Red Delicious, blech.

rainbowbow

Pink lady!!

ansonrinesmith

Honeycrisp are really good. :happy:

They are the best!

2012Kristin

I love Granny Smiths - especially with Peanut Butter on them!

suthernbelle

Honeycrisp!!!

zippo32

Fuji

allymorin

macntosh!

LRH64

A week ago I would have said Honey crisp or Golden Delicious, but that was before I had a Sweetango. Beats honey crisp hands down for sweetness, but still crisp and crunchy when you bite into it.

charlesalvear

Fuji for me!