I think honey crisp is a marketing farce. People allow the name to fool their

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May 16, 2018
3:20:00pm

OneUpper All-American

I think honey crisp is a marketing farce. People allow the name to fool their

brains into thinking it's a superior subspecies of apple.

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POLL: Do you differentiate apples further than green, red, mixed?

OneUpper

5/16/18 3:17pm

1) honey crisp 2) other apples

Plato

5/16/18 3:18pm

I think honey crisp is a marketing farce. People allow the name to fool their

OneUpper

5/16/18 3:20pm

You haven't tasted one? Please go to the store right now, take a bite of a

Plato

5/16/18 3:21pm

I have a sweet 16 tree, a honey crisp tree, and some other type that cross

OneUpper

5/16/18 3:23pm

mcintosh is the third one.

OneUpper

5/16/18 3:25pm

You sound like more of a connoisseur than I, and I'm not

Plato

5/16/18 3:25pm

I am with most foods. Apples don't do it for me, though. My wife is the one who

OneUpper

5/16/18 3:27pm

If I wanted my apple to taste like honey, I would dump honey on it

2FarGone

5/16/18 3:22pm

If I wanted my apple to be soft and grainy, I’d eat applesauce

AndyDwyer

5/16/18 3:23pm

I am with you there

2FarGone

5/16/18 3:23pm

Honey Crisp is the best apple there is.

ReggaeCoug

5/16/18 3:26pm

it is more tart than Ambrosia, which is sweeter

Nat Gas Man

5/16/18 5:14pm

fun family activity: go buy 8 or so different kinds of apples and do a blind

5/16/18 3:30pm

That is a pretty cool activity

2FarGone

5/16/18 3:33pm

just did this with my wife using Honeycrisp and Ambrosia...she was surprised

Nat Gas Man

5/16/18 5:17pm

SnapDragon > honeycrisp

Biyamiti

5/16/18 3:30pm

You forgot the Pink Lady

Sumguy

5/16/18 3:31pm

gala, others

2FarGone

5/16/18 3:19pm

how do you pronounce gala?

ChiCityCoug

5/16/18 3:22pm

Gay-(as in, I am happy eating this apple)-La

2FarGone

5/16/18 3:23pm

Correct

ChiCityCoug

5/16/18 3:27pm

Fuji, others

The Board Genius

5/16/18 3:22pm

Pink ladies are my favorite. Although I once bought a bunch of apples called

Black Diamond Bay

5/16/18 3:22pm

1a) Honey Crisp 1b) Pink Lady 2) Gala 3) Others

keilbyu

5/16/18 3:23pm

1) Honey Crisp fresh from the farm 2) Honey Crisp from grocery store 3) Other

buffgato

5/16/18 3:26pm

Guess I'm the only granny smith fan

Twin Roots

5/16/18 3:28pm

I love granny smiths. Tons of flavor.

jaromp

5/16/18 3:52pm

My kids will only eat Granny Smiths or Honeycrisp, so that’s what I get. I grew

AF Cougar

5/16/18 5:18pm

Gravenstein >>>>>>>> Everything else

CaliWG

5/16/18 3:35pm

My top 3 are SnapDragon, Honeycrisp, and Pink Lady

Biyamiti

5/16/18 3:35pm

Golden Delicious is my fav

BradioHead

5/16/18 3:35pm

Winesaps and Arkansas Blacks are my favorites. Arkansas Blacks hard as a rock.

5/16/18 3:47pm

1) Envy, 2) Fuji, 3) Honeycrisp

a priori

5/16/18 4:27pm

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