Foo - A damn good apple

http://www.stemilt.com/Pinata/Pages/default.aspx

Very unique...i like it

Those apples are very close to the Honey Crisp. Since I cannot get those in right now, I sell these as a substitute. They are very expensive at $3.00 per pound.

Those apples are very close to the Honey Crisp. Since I cannot get those in right now, I sell these as a substitute. They are very expensive at $3.00 per pound.

I got these at about $2.20 outside of Chicago

Hey that's a pretty good price! Considering how I can't keep them in stock I guess here in Cali people don't mind paying that high.

Holy cow, I don't think the organic ones at the farmer's market top $2/# in the season!

We are down to conventional pink ladies, which are still fine apples but pretty ugly at the cider mill we go to.

Pink ladies are much less expensive. I sell them at $1.79 lb. It's the Pinatas that are 'spensive. The most costly ones I sell this week.

I think we're paying $0.80/# but that's w/ a discount for >20# (and they are pretty gnarly, takes a lot of hunting through the tote to find enough passable ones to fill the box)

Pink ladies are much less expensive. I sell them at $1.79 lb. It's the Pinatas that are 'spensive. The most costly ones I sell this week.

I bought mine at a supermarket for what its worth. And i will also add that people are pretty clueless to anything but sweet and delicious around here...

If you search the forums you'll see some threads where i was arguing that pears are better than apples, i still love my pears, but that discussion opened my eyes to a whole new world of apples--a world where there are more than one kind--a world of, well...things like Pinatas

Interesting, I'll have to look for those. Last winter my grocer was selling honey crisp for $3.99/lb..priced me out of the market. Prices were somewhat more reasonable this season. I loves me some honey crisp....but I'll still take a navel orange over anything else.

i really like pink ladies. They only started showing up here a few years ago. Honey crisps are also relatively new to the area, and I just saw them recently. They're rather expensive...i also discovered Cameo apples, i think from wash. state.

Interesting, I'll have to look for those. Last winter my grocer was selling honey crisp for $3.99/lb..priced me out of the market. Prices were somewhat more reasonable this season. I loves me some honey crisp....but I'll still take a navel orange over anything else.

Try the Cara cara (pink insides like a grapefruit but sweeeeeeeet)

http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/ProductImages/citrustrees/Cara%20Cara%20Orange%20Semi-dwarf.jpg

or a blood orange (we call it a blorange) Looks dark orange/red on the inside but the juice is red.

http://www.harvestwizard.com/bloodoranges1r.jpg

I prefer to grow my own.

Fuji apples and asian pears.

I used to love me some York Imperials but haven't seen any around for about 10 years now.

Try the Cara cara (pink insides like a grapefruit but sweeeeeeeet)

or a blood orange (we call it a blorange) Looks dark orange/red on the inside but the juice is red.

I've had the Cara Cara a few times....I really liked the flavor, but it didn't exhibit the same juiciness of a ripe navel. maybe I haven't had the best cara cara?

have not tried the blood oranges.....will do!

Luv apples and eat at least one each day. My favorites here are Tsugaru which is crisp and sweet and has a long season and Sansa which is larger and firmer than a Gala but has the same sweetness. We have a Senshu apple tree. Senshu’s are smaller than a Fuji but with a comparable taste and gives us lots of apples. Senshu's are beginning to be grown in the U.S. now. Fuji’s are the most popular apple here by far. Apple prices are higher than in the U.S. unfortunately. There are some stores in Tokyo that sell perfect colored, sized and tasting apples wrapped in beautiful washi paper for 2000 yen or more (21+ dollars)…..not to me though

So what's the Trek or Toyota Corolla of apples? Granny Smith?

I don't care, those things are yummy.

So what's the Trek or Toyota Corolla of apples? Granny Smith?

I don't care, those things are yummy.

they are indeed.....they're all I ate (apple-wise) for years.

I have Ambrosia and Granny Smith in my fridge right now. I'll try out whatever looks good. I like them all. I also have pears and grapefruit. Fruit rocks.



There are some stores in Tokyo that sell perfect colored, sized and tasting apples wrapped in beautiful washi paper for 2000 yen or more (21+ dollars)

That's nothing, these two melons cost $462, or $231 each!!! http://www.forumsextreme.com/images/sSc_eek2.gif For that kind of money this melon better give you an orgasm.

http://qjphotos.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/melons.jpg?w=530&h=862

Jesus, and I thought the ~$100 square watermelons were pricey.

Jesus, and I thought the ~$100 square watermelons were pricey.

pricey is a 550,000 yen ($6100) black watermelon...:)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/06/melon460_3.jpg

if carbonlife's melons gives you a orgasm this one must take you close to pure tantric bliss :innocent:

pricey is a 550,000 yen ($6100) black watermelon...:)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/06/melon460_3.jpg

if carbonlife's melons gives you a orgasm this one must take you close to pure tantric bliss :innocent:

What is so special about that watermelon to justify that price?:twitchy:

have not tried the blood oranges.....will do!

The juice is great for dressing

What is so special about that watermelon to justify that price?:twitchy:

Supply and demand...

They only expected to grow 9000 that year.

and

And what makes a watermelon worth $200, much less $6,000?

Its unusual black skin, Ohira said. Inside, the watermelon is crisp and hard. And, he says, it has unparalleled taste.

"It's a watermelon, but it's not the same," he said. "It has a different level of sweetness."

I definitely like the honeycrisps too but didn't see a lot this year. My favorite apple memory was a Macoun that I used to get from a particular orchard in central NY. I haven't seen them at all for a long time, but when I did find some in Seattle a while ago they didn't taste anything like I remembered the NY ones. Same thing w/ NY vs WA Fujis (latter not as good as memory of former, definitely not in the same league as pink ladys/pac rose side-by-side)

japan had no tornados and typhoons hit the island at all last year. all the fruits and vegetables were cheap, delicious and plentiful.

Those apples are very close to the Honey Crisp. Since I cannot get those in right now, I sell these as a substitute. They are very expensive at $3.00 per pound.

You have a little retail shop? That's cool. Pictures, link, details?

You have a little retail shop? That's cool. Pictures, link, details?

She works in produce for a chain grocery.

I'd say a Golden Delicious is the Trek of the apple world, and a Red is the schwinn.
I used to like a good McIntosh. The best apples I ever had were grown on my grandparents
place upstate NY. We called them Snow apples since they didn't fully ripen until late fall (around
first snowfall. . . ).
My aunt had a few hundred acres of apple orchard outside Highland Park NY and grew mostly delicious
and Macs (back in the 60's) as far as I can recall.

Marty

What is so special about that watermelon to justify that price?:twitchy:

They think there is a prestige factor to some of the rarer fruits, especially the first ones of the season. Certain grapes, peaches and melons are considered luxury gifts to give to others too. The Ota fruit market in Tokyo has some truly insane prices.

A few years ago, there were a variety called Orin, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious cross. It was really tasty and grown in BC, Canada. But I only saw them in stores for two seasons and then no more. Haven't seen them for a long time now.:(

http://www.bctree.com/products/apples/orin.php
This page talks about the Orin apple, but talk is cheap. If a green grocer was to start selling them again, I would probably buy them by the giant boxes.

You have a little retail shop? That's cool. Pictures, link, details?


She works in produce for a chain grocery.

I work in a produce warehouse. People come to us to get produce for their stores.

I moved into my house last year, and I have an apple tree, but I was remiss at keeping the insects away from it last year (my first season).

I hope to do so this year.

Perhaps if I get a good crop this year, I may have to come here to have the gurus help me identify the apples.

And since the subject is apples, I don't know what kind they were, but I took the attached picture in Corvalis, Oregon in December...