Good Apple

Over the weekend I stopped by one of the local cider mills that also sells fresh apples, squash, pumpkins, pies, etc. In addition to 2 gallons of cider, I asked for a small basket of my favorite apples, Cortlands. I was informed that Cortlands weren't ripe yet (another 7-10 days), but was given a free Honey Crisp apple. I've never heard of these. Wow - that's a nice apple - red with gold streaks and it seemed to keep it's color like a Cortland, not browning. Very crisp and tasty, but a bit less tart than Cortlands. I'll buy a few more of these and compare them side by side with a Cortland.

We saw Honey Crisps in the market either last year or this season for the first time and they are a nice eating apple. Re the produce guy, it's a fairly recent hybrid of a Macoun and a Honey gold. and he said got popular very quickly.

[Jenise]

We saw Honey Crisps in the market either last year or this season for the first time and they are a nice eating apple. Re the produce guy, it's a fairly recent hybrid of a Macoun and a Honey gold. and he said got popular very quickly.

They're very popular up here and grown locally by commercial orchards. I find them a bit too sweet for my tastes, but can easily understand their popularity.

Saw them for the first time here in DC last weekend and thought they were tasty. I don't usually remember names of apple varieties but this one stuck with me because everyone was making such a fuss over it.

We picked up a few Honey Crisps and Cortlands at a local orchard last week. Cortlands made a great pie and the HCs were surprisingly good, although I much prefer the Mutsu, which will be available for picking here next week, for eating.
BP

We picked up a few Honey Crisps and Cortlands at a local orchard last week. Cortlands made a great pie and the HCs were surprisingly good, although I much prefer the Mutsu, which will be available for picking here next week, for eating.
BP

Mutsu and Stayman Winesaps are my co-favorites amongst all apples I have tried, but the Honey crisp is running close behind.

2 weekends ago I knew the local U-pick was picking Honey Crisps. They're only around for a single weekend. Saturday was a torrential downpour, I think we got around 6 inches for the day. I figured the rain would keep the crowds down so I headed out, 4 kids in tow. Quick in and out, right? Didn't even take an umbrella.

5 mins to pick 10#.

95 minutes to check out. And they were running 3 scales. There were people that had 200# wagons full.

The inside of my wallet was wet.

They were good, they weren't that good.

Honey Crisps are fairly commonplace in the store where we do most of our shopping and the farmer's markets. Maybe it's a regional thing? They're a bit too sweet and not tart enough for my tastes. I'll take a good Fuji over them or (mirabile dictu) a Gravenstein.

Mark Lipton

Wifey just declared tomorrow's apple crisp baking day!