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This ranking seems pretty plausible to me if you're buying your apples at the supermarket. It gives good marks to varieties which maintain their texture through
by jefftk 4y ago
This ranking seems pretty plausible to me if you're buying your apples at the supermarket. It gives good marks to varieties which maintain their texture through weeks (or months!) of refrigeration.
On the other hand, if you're at an apple orchard and deciding what to pick to eat right now, this is not the list for you. A Cortland, McIntosh, or Macoun right off the tree easily beats a Honey/Cosmic/etc crisp.
- Grazester 4y agoI came here to say this about the Cortland Apple. Right off the tee it is so good. In the supermarket, not so much.
- Blackthorn 4y agoI wish it was easier to tell when just touching them. I love fresh Empire apples, but give them two weeks and they go from highly crisp to mealy. It's always a gamble even at the farmstand which one I'm going to get.
- mcphage 4y agoAgreed. Yeah, Cortlands turn to mealy mush quickly, I admit that. But when they're fresh and crisp, they're absolutely amazing. This site does them dirty.
- Finnucane 4y agoYep. I live in New England, and in the fall it is easy to get fresh Macs and Cortlands, and always so much better than what is in the supermarkets most of the time. Honeycrisps are just too sweet (don't get me started about sweet corn!).