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Favorite Variety of Apple?
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Tried a new variety of apple today called Fortune - sticker says it was grown in New York at Fowler Farms. This is now on my favorites list. I love apples, and up until this point my favorite has been Braeburn, tied with (fresh-from-the-tree) Golden Delicious, but this one is on my list now.
Just curious what some of you favor in the way of apple varieties? My wife have thrown around the idea of raising apples commercially over the past couple of years, so my inquiry is a little selfish, but I really am curious to know. According to all the published statistics, Red Delicious is by far the favored apple in the US, but I just don't understand why, when there are plenty of other superior varieties IMO.
Oh yeah, forgot to add that these suckers were BIG - weighed in at about .75 pounds each. I bought four apples and they were over 3 pounds all together - almost too big for my pocket knife.
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Just curious what some of you favor in the way of apple varieties? My wife have thrown around the idea of raising apples commercially over the past couple of years, so my inquiry is a little selfish, but I really am curious to know. According to all the published statistics, Red Delicious is by far the favored apple in the US, but I just don't understand why, when there are plenty of other superior varieties IMO.
Oh yeah, forgot to add that these suckers were BIG - weighed in at about .75 pounds each. I bought four apples and they were over 3 pounds all together - almost too big for my pocket knife.
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jptatum: Where do you find your IdaRed apples? There not available most places here in the midwest that I've seen. I think they're more popular in the northeast (I think there grown mostly in NY), but I'm not sure. I just took a quick look at is looks like they are related to the Empire variety - which a lot more people have probably tried. Don't know if they're a hybrid though.
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It's sad to see that older varietes are being lost every year. I'm glad that there is a group (Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org) trying to hang on to heirloom varieties as variety is the spice of life.