Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:35 am
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turned2black wrote:
Took a special trip to Whole Foods and was disappointed with the varieties. Still, picked up Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Fujis and Granny Smiths. All organic, with the Fujis and Granny Smiths being locally grown.
Surprisingly enough, the Jonagolds were the best of this bunch.
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Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:12 am
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I bought a bushel of organic honeycrisps from a small local farmer a couple of weeks ago. They are by far my favorite apple and I have tried a LOT of them.
Took a special trip to Whole Foods and was disappointed with the varieties. Still, picked up Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Fujis and Granny Smiths. All organic, with the Fujis and Granny Smiths being locally grown.
Surprisingly enough, the Jonagolds were the best of this bunch.
Picked up some Jonagolds from a farm and some Honeycrisps from the grocery store. The Jonas were much better. That bothered me.
Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:54 pm
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ejny wrote:
turned2black wrote:
turned2black wrote:
Took a special trip to Whole Foods and was disappointed with the varieties. Still, picked up Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Fujis and Granny Smiths. All organic, with the Fujis and Granny Smiths being locally grown.
Surprisingly enough, the Jonagolds were the best of this bunch.
Picked up some Jonagolds from a farm and some Honeycrisps from the grocery store. The Jonas were much better. That bothered me.
Surprised the shit out of me too because I believe Honeycrisps are in prime harvest season right now. Makes me wonder if they are shoving the old stuff out before they flood stores with the new harvest.
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Took a special trip to Whole Foods and was disappointed with the varieties. Still, picked up Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Fujis and Granny Smiths. All organic, with the Fujis and Granny Smiths being locally grown.
Surprisingly enough, the Jonagolds were the best of this bunch.
Picked up some Jonagolds from a farm and some Honeycrisps from the grocery store. The Jonas were much better. That bothered me.
Surprised the shit out of me too because I believe Honeycrisps are in prime harvest season right now. Makes me wonder if they are shoving the old stuff out before they flood stores with the new harvest.
I think it may have been a terrible season for apples where I live in the northeast. The honeycrisps at the farm looked awful and I couldn't bring myself to buy them. The Jonas were much better looking, but still few and far between. I'm hoping you're right though, and that the new harvest will be a big improvement. Plus, I want more variety. Its pretty basic right now.
Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:29 pm
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Nice article in the Wall Street Journal (I believe last week) about the record apple harvest in Washington state. A lot of the fruit, however, will be wasted because the growers can't find enough help to pick it.
Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:20 pm
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
Nice article in the Wall Street Journal (I believe last week) about the record apple harvest in Washington state. A lot of the fruit, however, will be wasted because the growers can't find enough help to pick it.
for those of us that would like to delve deeper into this circumstance would you kindly furnish a hyperlink
Post subject: Re: honeycrisp ppples: simply the best apples
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:41 pm
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