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Pink lady better than Honeycrisp? Pink lady's are okay but they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp. Also Honeycrisp are not th

Pink lady better than Honeycrisp? Pink lady's are okay but they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp. Also Honeycrisp are not that expensive if you buy them on sale, just got some for $1.85 a pound in Minneapolis.

spike021 8y ago
$1.85 a pound in Minneapolis? Probably cheaper near you because they're grown closer to you. I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.
- 2trill2spill 8y ago
  $2.20 is not a bad price for Honeycrisp, If I saw that price and the apples looked good I would buy a bunch. They seem to come in two prices in Minneapolis just under $4 dollars a pound or just under $2 a pound, depending on the season and if they are on sale or not.
- logfromblammo 8y ago
  I remember buying Honeycrisps for $1.09/# in SE Wisconsin, back before they got nationally popular. Of course, now that they are popular, they sell for more than $3/# where I currently live, and you can often tell they were grown somewhere other than northern lake country, just because they taste so different. East coast Honeycrisps really are no better than Pink Lady, and if you line up three genetically identical Honeycrisps from Washington, Minnesota, and New York, there is absolutely no question that you will be able to pick out the Minnesota one by taste. It's like buying low-sulfur onions grown somewhere other than Vidalia, GA. If you know the food well enough, you can sometimes taste the placeness in it.
- harimau777 8y ago
  Just be glad you're not in the Midwest where your options are "red", "yellow", and "green"! Red delicious are truly a crime against horticulture!
  - 2trill2spill 8y ago
    What? Did you read the article? Or have you been to the midwest? Honeycrisp are from the midwest and when I'm in the grocery store we have a dozen or so varieties of apples, Like Zestar, Pink lady, Honeycrisp, Sweet tango, Opal and the usual suspects as well.
    - harimau777 8y ago
      Hmm, I'm meaning more the rust belt/great lakes part of the midwest. Maybe its changed since I moved away?
      - 2trill2spill 8y ago
        Great lakes? That's where all the good apples come from in the midwest, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan.
        ironchef 8y ago
        I get my honeycrisps from an orchard in michigan. They're definitely there.
      - binomialxenon 8y ago
        I live in that part of the midwest and we have about a dozen varieties of apples at the grocery store, prices are pretty decent too.
      - maxerickson 8y ago
        County here is 40,000. There's 3 stores with lots of apples in town. (Walmart, a regional chain and a local grocer). One county over isn't big enough to have a Walmart, but the smaller local grocer does it up with their produce...
borkt 8y ago
Thank you. You have succinctly described why I prefer Pink Lady's to Honeycrisp.
irrational 8y ago
>they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp Exactly. That is why Pink Lady > Honeycrisp
Zarath 8y ago
Yes, Honeycrisp are too sweet, and too filling.

spike021 8y ago

$1.85 a pound in Minneapolis? Probably cheaper near you because they're grown closer to you. I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.

2trill2spill 8y ago
$2.20 is not a bad price for Honeycrisp, If I saw that price and the apples looked good I would buy a bunch. They seem to come in two prices in Minneapolis just under $4 dollars a pound or just under $2 a pound, depending on the season and if they are on sale or not.
logfromblammo 8y ago
I remember buying Honeycrisps for $1.09/# in SE Wisconsin, back before they got nationally popular. Of course, now that they are popular, they sell for more than $3/# where I currently live, and you can often tell they were grown somewhere other than northern lake country, just because they taste so different. East coast Honeycrisps really are no better than Pink Lady, and if you line up three genetically identical Honeycrisps from Washington, Minnesota, and New York, there is absolutely no question that you will be able to pick out the Minnesota one by taste. It's like buying low-sulfur onions grown somewhere other than Vidalia, GA. If you know the food well enough, you can sometimes taste the placeness in it.
harimau777 8y ago
Just be glad you're not in the Midwest where your options are "red", "yellow", and "green"! Red delicious are truly a crime against horticulture!
- 2trill2spill 8y ago
  What? Did you read the article? Or have you been to the midwest? Honeycrisp are from the midwest and when I'm in the grocery store we have a dozen or so varieties of apples, Like Zestar, Pink lady, Honeycrisp, Sweet tango, Opal and the usual suspects as well.
  - harimau777 8y ago
    Hmm, I'm meaning more the rust belt/great lakes part of the midwest. Maybe its changed since I moved away?
    - 2trill2spill 8y ago
      Great lakes? That's where all the good apples come from in the midwest, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan.
      - ironchef 8y ago
        I get my honeycrisps from an orchard in michigan. They're definitely there.
    - binomialxenon 8y ago
      I live in that part of the midwest and we have about a dozen varieties of apples at the grocery store, prices are pretty decent too.
    - maxerickson 8y ago
      County here is 40,000. There's 3 stores with lots of apples in town. (Walmart, a regional chain and a local grocer). One county over isn't big enough to have a Walmart, but the smaller local grocer does it up with their produce...

borkt 8y ago

Thank you. You have succinctly described why I prefer Pink Lady's to Honeycrisp.

irrational 8y ago

>they are less sweet, not as crunchy and much more dense then a Honeycrisp Exactly. That is why Pink Lady > Honeycrisp

Zarath 8y ago

Yes, Honeycrisp are too sweet, and too filling.