Apples

[Dan in MI]

I'm I in a pretty good apple area and faves are all the ones that are "baking apples." We had one years ago at home that I cannot find anywhere. I'm not sure if we gave a local name or if it is a disappearing variety.

We called it a Snow Apple. A good tart apple with snow white flesh and some faint pink streaks in it. I don't truly remember the skin but I think it was mottled red/green like a mac. Does this ring any bells?

 

[JackpineWillie]

We have a Honey Crisp tree and a Zestar, both sweet and juicy. Zestars are slightly larger and ripen 3 or 4 weeks before the Honey Crisp. If we store any apples for winter, it's in the form of applesauce or pies. Honey Crisp was developed at the University of Minnesota and as I understand it, they have some kind of hinky rules about who gets to purchase their new "products" so it takes a few years before a new strain becomes widely available.

 

[exavid]

When I was a kid I loved Delicious Apples but over the years they were over bred due to marketing pressures and aren't very crisp these days. My favorite right now are Fujis. Gotta knock them with a knuckle so you can spot the best which give a hard knock sound, not a dull thump.