If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

[Kulindahr]

I'm not really sure, myself. My buddy here says I'm a Granny Smith, but I really don't think so -- I think I'm a Gala.

How about you?

[xbuzzerx]

^ Closeted Granny Smith.

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I'm in CA... Ig uess I'm a Pacific Rose? No clue what 75% of these taste like though.

[borg69unimatrix]

They all look the same to me... but my BF will only eat Fuji's.

[mrbeebs]

Granny smith or fuji

you ever get really fucking high and realize different types of apples are like different races of human?

[HoodedRat]

Is there a variety that is pale and tasteles?

[CupidBoy]

Red delicious.

[palbert]

Pink Lady. A Cook's Illustrated recommendation.

[xbuzzerx]

^ I so misread "Cook's."

[gsdx]

As Canadian as a McIntosh.

Did you know that you won't get a McIntosh apple tree if you plant seeds from a McIntosh apple? Macs come only from trees which were grafted from another, and every single McIntosh tree in the world today can be traced back to a single tree which was also a grafted tree.

[weinerslav]

bravo-de-esmolfe!

Yep, that's an apple variety that only is produced in a small region of Portugal. It has a really strong perfume, really, an amazing smell, and its very soft inside, when you bite it it has a weird texture, like if its made of flour and it isn't hard yet. Also they are always very small, a bit bigger than a plum I'd say.

[reone]

Am I the only one that didn't know there were so many varieties of apple? I that there were different kinds, but I'm surprised to see them organized like that and to see such a difference between them all.

[palbert]

As Canadian as a McIntosh.

Did you know that you won't get a McIntosh apple tree if you plant seeds from a McIntosh apple? Macs come only from trees which were grafted from another, and every single McIntosh tree in the world today can be traced back to a single tree which was also a grafted tree.

That is true for all apples: they are not true from seed. The original Granny Smith was found -- where else -- in Granny Smith's backyard in either NZ or Australia in the 1860's. The Golden Delicious was found in West VA in the 1920's, and until recently was protected by a fence.

This is why new apples coming to market are in limited suppy. It also explains the huge variety of apples.

[ZeFrenchy]

A cripps Pink (pink lady): Sweet, firm and juicy.
I used to love apples, but I suddenly got intolerant

[reone]

That is true for all apples: they are not true from seed. The original Granny Smith was found -- where else -- in Granny Smith's backyard in either NZ or Australia in the 1860's. The Golden Delicious was found in West VA in the 1920's, and until recently was protected by a fence.

This is why new apples coming to market are in limited suppy. It also explains the huge variety of apples.

So what happens when you plant the seeds from an apple? Will the tree that grows from those seeds produce a completely different fruit?

[gsdx]

That is true for all apples: they are not true from seed.

I don't dispute that. What I said was that all of the Mac trees in the world today can be traced back to a single tree on John McIntosh's Ontario farm back in the late 1700s. The McIntosh is truly a Canadian apple.

[palbert]

So what happens when you plant the seeds from an apple? Will the tree that grows from those seeds produce a completely different fruit?

Yes. Most will not be worth eating. Rarely you will find a gem.

[unloadonme]

I'll go for an English Cox any time. Firm and juicy

[palbert]

I'll go for an English Cox any time. Firm and juicy

Can't blame you.

But you misspelled cox.

[unloadonme]

Can't blame you.

But you misspelled cox.

[SamsDad]

I'm not really sure, myself. My buddy here says I'm a Granny Smith, but I really don't think so -- I think I'm a Gala.

How about you?

Gravenstein - In some climes we can be had all year long and we produce excellent juice!:-

[reone]

Yes. Most will not be worth eating. Rarely you will find a gem.

Wow. That's pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing with me . Mind blown.

[bankside]

McIntosh all the way; it's the only thing I think of when I think of "apple."






(okay if Macs have been out of season long enough, i will eat a New Zealand Rose.)

[-Callum-]

Golden Delicious, Pacific Rose or Fuji.

[Hard-up1]

Honeycrisp.

[Beachguyj]

Pine













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[Adrock-JD]

I don't know what 'variety' I'd be but I do know I'd be on a stick, covered in gooey stuff and rolled in nuts.

[jslvr05]

Hmm... Braeburn, perhaps? Or maybe a Cortland apple.

[Swellegant]

Crab-apple, I suspect.

[G-Lexington]

System 7.

Lex

[Spiff]

I'm a bad apple

[Gimmecat]

The crabby kind, which I suspect a lot jubbers here would be as welling going off of posting style

[Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Boom]

Red delicious, because i look delicious and taste delicious lol.

[jaysizzles]

Empire...it's a NY thing...

[birddog7]

Green and sour...

[RonR18]

A self-defense apple, I bite you before you can bite me...

[AlmondMilk]

honeycrisp

[Kulindahr]

Yes. Most will not be worth eating. Rarely you will find a gem.

But they generally make decent pie apples.

[Kulindahr]

Gravenstein - In some climes we can be had all year long and we produce excellent juice!:-

I noticed that one's missing from the nice pic. We had three trees of those when I was growing up. They don't have the Airlie, Carolina Red, or Macoun, either.

[sixthson]

Honeycrisp.

Honeycrisp is developed at the University of Minnesota. I believe it is the Minnesota state fruit (and here you thought I was).

[Kulindahr]

After pondering that nice graphic, I've decided I'd probably be a Jonagold or Honeycrisp -- the dual color patterns seem to go well with my bipolar.

[diamondstar]

A burnt apple pie.

[frankfrank]

^ Burnt. YES!!

WHY in the hell is it that most stuff, in most places, is cooked so that it is so very, uh...PALE???? Like they're afraid that one single molecule may actually be BURNED, God forbid.

For those who know what "crispies" are (a very simple confection, when sugar-coated pure dough is baked), both places in Macomb that carry them always offer them very, VERY PALE with the entirely-intact sugar granules on top and not even melted. YECCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once in a while they will fuck up and kind of burn them and the sugar caramelizes and turns brown...OH MY GOD...HOW WONDERFUL!!!! On a scale of 0 to 10, that "fuck up" moves the crispies along the scale at least by an increment of "7." Very close to 10 if the sugar really gets caramelized and they're actually a little burned.

I talked to the bakers once and they told me that people complained when the crispies were dark and caramelized. I know at least five other people here (out of maybe 10 or 12 total who are in my social circle) who like their cooked stuff a little on the burned side.

How can them and I be the only people in the entire universe who actually likes their food a little bit burned or crispy?

WONDERFUL things happen to food when it's browned properly.





Gala, absolutely YES!!

Not only is it my favorite apple...but one of the syllables sounds like "GAY." (IF, that is, you're also one of those people who pronounce "data" as "DAY-tuh")

[Scealle]

McIntosh? For some reason small apples seems to taste better (personal opinion).

[frankfrank]

SAME thing happens at the same two supermarkets, both of which sell rotisserie whole chickens (CHEAP, excellent bargain for those who want a meat meal on a budget). Almost always, their chickens are VERY PALE, look almost not cooked at all, sometimes even more gray than brown, YUCKIE-POO...

And likewise, sometimes they will really fuck up, and the chickens will actually be BROWN, and the wings will be DARK brown and very crispy...and, WOW, is it ever yummy then!

I notice the same thing with something like Ritz Crackers - often those are really pale, but once in a while I'll end up with a box that has ones in it that are actually brown, and holy smokes, those are incredibly wonderful!

What IS this American fixation of just so very, very barely cooking stuff?

END OF OFF-TOPIC RANT.

[Beachguyj]

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[Beachguyj]

I would be a "wealthy" never heard of it until I saw that photo, but it looks like a big mcintosh.

[freefall]

Between Granny Smith and Royal Gala...or the oriental crab apple?

[Axxess]

A rotten one.

I've only had Red Delicious and Granny Smith apples in my life. Of those two, I prefer the latter.