Apple Thread - What's your favorite apple?

[Some JERK]

I like Arkansas Blacks (AKA Snow Whites). They keep forever and are pretty tasty in pies.

 

[Poiseon]

I have a particular fondness for Granny Smith Apples.

 

[Very Clever Nickname]

Granny Smith for dat crunch.

 

[Shuckle]

I don't really have one single favorite. A good Gala is nothing I'd say no to, but I also like a nice Granny Smith or Cripps Pink.
Honestly, every kind of apple is good depending on what mood I'm in. Except Red Delicious. Fuck Red Delicious.

 

[RavenCrow]

Granny Smith all day.

Same. I'm all about the granny smith.

 

[yeahweknow]

delicious fujis with their DNA strands folded 1000x

 

[User names must be unique]

Irradiated.

 

[The Flawless Gazelles]

the pomme de terre

 

[Pixy]

@Valiant You grew up in Eastwood too?

Haven't been there for a few years, now, but I've heard that over the last few years the Granny Smith Festival has sort of become less interesting.

 

[drtoboggan]

The green ones.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Pink Ladies or Opals, depending on how I feel. Honorable mention to Envy which would be in the running if any grocery near me carried them more regularly.

I've never even heard of Envy. What does that one taste like?

 

[IV 445]

ngl that new forum icon makes me wanna take a bite out of it

 

[Porque no los dos?]

Gotta rep the Macs, even if finding ones that aren't bruised to hell and back is hard. Also tossing in Red Prince, harvested in fall and then cellared to perfection just in time for winter.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

Granny Smith - always super crisp, nice sour sweet bite, refreshing, and all around great. The worst thing you can have is a soft, mealy or overly juicy apple that makes you feel like you're eating a peach or something, you know the ones. The ones that dribble juice all over your face when you bite them.

Fuck that shit.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

What the hell? It's the honeycrisp. Genetically engineered to be the best tasting apple in existence. The mealy macintosh and the flavorless red delicious can go get fucked. Granny smiths are classic, but they can't hold a candle to them motherfucking Honeycrisps. It's like they got the excellent texture of the red delicious, but also it has flavor!

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I had no idea people were so passionate about apples... I thought it was just a Maddox thing.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

I love McIntosh because I"m a weirdo who likes soft apples.

I'm not a botanist but from what I understand Red Delicious are what you don't want to do with selective breeding. They went for all aesthetic traits like deep red consistent color and large size while also (hopefully unintentionally) carrying over the worst genes like fucking tasteless and "so hard you'll slice up your mouth worse than cap'n crunch" stop Red Delicious standard and grind them into the dirt.

 

[DatBepisTho]

Pink Ladies or Granny Smiths. I like things crunchy and tart when it comes to apples. Honeycrisps are another one I'll gladly eat.

Tbh, I thought I was the only one to hate the Delicious cultivar. I feel so validated right now.

 

[Teri-Teri]

Fuji apples are the best!

 

[Prince Jello]

My favorites are probably Gala, Paula Red and Spartan apples.