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The first couple of years I found Honeycrisp at my local market, which would have been 2001 and 2002 (because I'll never forget a lot of things from September 2
by Electricniko 2y ago
The first couple of years I found Honeycrisp at my local market, which would have been 2001 and 2002 (because I'll never forget a lot of things from September 2001), the apples were HUGE. More like a large grapefruit than an apple in size. They still had the great flavor and texture of later Honeycrisps, it was a huge shock compared to normal apples at the time. It may have been something with the weather that produced them like that, but man would I love to see those things pop up again.
- readthenotes1 2y agoI was buying them for my daughter to eat at lunch at school and she sent me a picture of her honercrisp compared to her friends' apples. It was like midgets versus Giants... Giants for the win
- erikerikson 2y agoI was told by a grower that a large factor in apple size is the number of apples on the tree. Growers thin the fruit to control fruit size. Kinda like the tree is going to make some set tonnage of apple and if you thin them, it loads that tonnage into the remaining apples. Apparently we like larger apples in the US while smaller apples are preferred in China.