Question Of The Day, Sunday, September 9,2018

[JamesCalifornia]

~ Fuji & Red Delicious apples are tasty ... Some are bitter - better for baking with brown sugar .

" An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away "​

 

[Mother Dragon]

In order of preference: honey crisp, pink lady, jonagold, and fuji. The order flies out the window if you give me Coastal cheddar, too. Then I don't care which apple I eat.

 

[raysmyheart]

I looked all over the Internet for a pic of a Winesap, and they all looked like a perfectly round apple! Winesaps are actually quite knobby and lopsided. They have a speckled deep carmine skin. They are crisp crunchy with a sweet/tart flavor. This thread jogged my memory so that I found a seller online who ships them and ordered a box.
Thanks everyone for mentioning your favorites. It's apple time!

What you say about the Winesaps here @Dreamer Rose, that is everything I enjoy in an apple!

 

[Winchester]

I just said to Rick this morning that next month (Oct) we'll be making our trek down to the Gettysburg area for our apples for sauce, pies, dumplings, etc.

For sauce and pies, I'll go with an assortment of apples--one or two types of apples in a pie just doesn't cut it; sometimes if I use seven or eight apples in a pie, every one will be different! For dumplings, it's usually Granny Smith. For eating, it's always Granny Smith, followed very closely by Mutsu. Love my Grannies.

 

[debbila]

I love Golden Delicious. So many have said Honey Crisp that I want to try it. Don't know if I can get them in Arizona, haven't seen any.

 

[cassiopea]

Granny Smith and McIntosh!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Pink Lady and Granny Smith, the last 2 to be harvested

Pink Lady and Granny Smith are your favorites!!! really very nice!!

i've had Pink Lady apples, and enjoyed them very much!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Hello from apple country here in western NC!

I love Pink Lady and Honeycrisp apples.

Purrs
Pook

hello to you too, from apple country in NY State!

your favorites are Pink Lady and Honeycrisp!!! really yummy!!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Crisp, crisp, crisp.
I'm with @Willowy, no mushy apples allowed. If I want mushy apples I'll eat applesauce.
I'm not satisfied that the apple is crispy enough unless I bust a tooth biting into it.

your favorites are crisp apples, very crisp ones!!! awesome!!

i really enjoy the varieties that i hear a 'crunch' when i bite into them -- crisp, firm apples!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

I have a Honeycrisp every day with lunch. If I can’t get Honeycrisp, it’s a Gala. (And yes, apparently it’s keeping the doctor away. )

Honeycrisp and Gala are your favorites!!! most excellent!!

apples are by far my favorite fruit!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

On a related note, the Willamette Valley Pie Company makes the best fruit pies I’ve ever had. They’re frozen and have to be baked. The Caramel Apple is heavenly, but they’re all incredibly good. I’ve always made apple pie, but I think these are better. Yum. Now I want one.

that sounds wonderful!! i looked up their website -- very interesting!

this year i've been thinking i'll put together some apple pies, in (not disposable) aluminum pie plates, and freeze them. i like the idea of just pulling them out here and there throughout the winter and spring, and popping them in the oven to bake...and to enjoy eating!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

I had a friend who worked for a local grower, and that's what they did to preserve 'heritage' varieties. My brother's tree grows Red Romes, Yellow Delicious, and Macintosh varieties.

that's a wonderful thing, preserving 'heritage' varieties!!

your brother's tree has apples that are ready to harvest over a period of a good month or so! those are great choices to graft onto one tree!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

Braeburn is my favorite but I do like honey crisp as well. Red Delicious just doesn't taste delicious to me, it tastes mealy if that makes sense. I like the pink lady apples but not the granny smith.

your favorite is Braeburn, and you also like Honeycrisp, and Pink Lady!!! great choices!!

it's been years since i've had a Red Delicious apple, actually it's been decades! i remember them from when i was a kid through young adult. back then, they were one of the more readily available varieties that were more crisp.

 

[Tobermory]

this year i've been thinking i'll put together some apple pies, in (not disposable) aluminum pie plates, and freeze them. i like the idea of just pulling them out here and there throughout the winter and spring, and popping them in the oven to bake...and to enjoy eating!

That’s a great idea! I’m not sure I’d have the self control, though, to pull them out “here and there.” Apple pie is my favorite.

 

[Merlin77]

All apples are good apples (unless they are bad apple, and then as the saying goes: "One bad apple spoils the bunch").

However, my personal favourites include Granny Smith (so much zest!) and red delicious. Also, the apple trees in my backyard produce some good apples. I'm not sure what kind of apples we have, though.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

It's hard to beat a good Granny Smith! The ones available 20 years ago were much better than the ones I find these days.

I used to live in a big apple producing area. My neighbors were contracted to sell their apples to a big company and said they could not legally sell us any apples. However, they said that if we were to come in the back way and grab a bucket full, no one would know. I don't remember the variety, but my grandfather loved them! I did too.

your favorite is Granny Smith!!! those are wonderful apples!!

that's very nice of your former neighbors!

 

[raysmyheart]

I will be going to the farm stand this weekend to look for some russeted varieties of apples for both eating and some for cooking. Maybe applesauce or apple pie or apple cobbler.

My local farmstand actually now owns a well-established orchard that is close-by too so I know they are the place to find great local apples this time of year!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

My favorite apples are the ones from the orchard and farmstand stores that are grown locally. I really do prefer apples that have irregularities on the peels and may not be smooth in appearance as @DreamerRose and @1CatOverTheLine talked about - the Winesaps. I eat an apple for the peel mostly and I do love the ones that are knobby and russeted! I'm not sure of the varieties but they are surely wonderful in texture and flavor, those with the irregular appearances.

If the farmstands are closed for the season, my apple of choice in the grocery store is Red Delicious. It is hard for me to find russeted varieties in the supermarkets, however.

I love the illustrations done years ago for the agricultural publications and I have a few collected that I treasure.View attachment 252029

I am really enjoying reading here, varieties others love.

your favorites are apples from the orchard and farmstands that are grown locally, and you prefer the varieties that are knobby and russeted!!! awesome!!

i don't usually buy apples after the season ends. i'll switch to canned fruit, oranges (when they come into season, shipped from Florida), bananas, and occasionally pineapples.

i love those old illustrations of fruit, vegetables, and flowers/plants!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

I love apples; I don't really have a favorite variety, I like them all!

you love all apples!!! that's great!!

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

I like SweeTango, Fuji, and Gala (in that order) for straight eating. The first is kind of hard to come by (they were growing them in an orchard near my parents), but it is amazing.

For pies, it is Granny Smith all the way.

SweeTango, Fuji, and Gala are your favorites for straight eating, and for pies it's Granny Smith!!! very nice choices!!

i've never tried SweeTango! i'll have to keep an eye out for that variety!