favorite kind of apple?

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  • shellshalla
    shellshalla Posts: 263 Member
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    Honeycrisp hands down!
  • RoosterB
    RoosterB Posts: 214 Member
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    Local:- Cox's

    International:- Braeburn
  • moonflower09
    moonflower09 Posts: 91 Member
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    stayman, winesap, pink ladies
  • skinnymeinaz
    skinnymeinaz Posts: 384 Member
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    No favorite really. I like them all.
  • radicalreader
    radicalreader Posts: 207 Member
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    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.
  • Mom2PAK
    Mom2PAK Posts: 27 Member
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    honeycrisp
  • ChangingTami
    ChangingTami Posts: 109 Member
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    Honeycrisp and Macintosh.....yummmm!
  • BeLightYear
    BeLightYear Posts: 1,550 Member
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    Granny smith ~ I love the tartness!
  • Jycooper
    Jycooper Posts: 195
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    Gala, cameo and braeburn. Will have to try honeycrisp.
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
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    Granny Smith, Gold Rush, Honeycrisp and Sun Crisp.

    I only tend to like the more tart varieties. My only real requirement is that they are not, in the slightest bit, tender.

    I just bought a box of Gold Rush and Sun Crisp apples from an orchard downstate. They shipped them to me un-waxed and it was so nice being able to eat an apple with the skin again.
  • ChangingTami
    ChangingTami Posts: 109 Member
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    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.


    I so agree with you, I only buy organic apples.....as well as other veggies and fruit.
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
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    Fuji! Some of the others are too sweet. Although I just got Honeycrisp so I hope I like those. ;)

    I don't like the too sweet ones, either, and Honeycrisps are FANTASTIC!!
    I also love Stayman Winesap -- supposed to be good for cooking, but I love to eat them!!
  • Maryfullofgrace
    Maryfullofgrace Posts: 342 Member
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    Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fireside (booo i can't get them here...)
  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
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    I like any apple as long as it is firm and not a mushy one. But I do love the pink ladies!
  • legmotor
    legmotor Posts: 197 Member
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    Pink lady!!!!
  • sandy2006
    sandy2006 Posts: 483 Member
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    Gala
  • unsuspectingfish
    unsuspectingfish Posts: 1,176 Member
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    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.
  • _VoV
    _VoV Posts: 1,494 Member
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    Cortlands and MacCouns
  • kealalr
    kealalr Posts: 1
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    Fuji--they are soo sweet and crunchy! Plus they seem to stay fresher longer than the reds.
  • tammihart
    tammihart Posts: 963 Member
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    Honeycrisp by far is my favorite! Sadly they won't be around much longer. :sad:

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