Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

I am too impatient though I would wait for a Gravestien. No other apple quite like it

BearK Loc: TN

Good news for our dogs and for us folks - my daughter told me she read where butchers are beginning to demand beef WITHOUT growth hormones. See how demand can change things.

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

Yes, because people are becoming so much more health conscious, "they" are demanding and since the butchers know which side their bread is buttered on, they are responding. When we raised black angus, we refused to go along with the growth hormone protocol. Our rule of thumb pretty much was if we didn't want to consume "wh**ever", we certainly weren't going to pass it on to the consumer. "Demand", however, only works if you make the carrot dangled in front of any one something worth the effort.

RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC

Have you ever tried a Honeycrisp? It's a new variety, only 4 or 5 years old. It has spoiled me to all other apples! They are only available when they are in season, though, so you gotta enjoy them while you can.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

It would have been kindly if you had not been so secretive about when they are in season. :lol: :roll: You just do not wish to share your discovery. :shock:

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Oh yes they are very nice. My buddy planted two honey crisp trees and they produced the very first year.. A Gala apple is also very nice.

RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC

Au contraire! When the first honeycrisp apple appears in grocers' bins, I buy a dozen or more and give them out to friends and coworkers to announce that their season has arrived. I have had people curse me after introducing them to honeycrisp apples, because one bite of a honeycrisp apple renders other people's favorite apples second-rate. I can't pinpoint when their season begins, other than to say that it seems to lag a little behind most others...somewhere in the Sep-Nov timeframe.

There are two varieties. In one, each apple is as big as a softball, requiring two hands to even hold it if you are going to chomp on it. It's an experience! It can be hard to finish one apple in one sitting. The other variety is much smaller, smaller than most other applies. Both have the same juicy, crisp, and incredibly appley flavor, which makes it strange to me. In every other apple variety that I know of, sizes are pretty consistent. I just picked up several of the smaller ones at the Ft Belvoir commissary yesterday, obviously kept fresh by some artificial means so many months after their season ended. Still good, though! I haven't see any at other grocers (Safeway, Giant, or Shoppers) in more than a month, especially the larger ones. Whole Foods seems to be the first grocery store in which I see them each year, and they always have the big ones!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

I will make note of the season. I have a Whole Foods quite close by. The large choice will work well for Waldorf Salad. Thank you for the information.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

You can buy Honey Crisp apple juice. It is the best.

RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC

I haven't seen it before, but now that you mention it, I will look for it. I'm not normally an apple juice drinker, but I think I'd probably like Honeycrisp apple juice!

Thanks for the info!

bahmer

Look for the Honeycrisp during these times.
To be fair, here comes the entire apple season. Still, each apple variety has its peak. About one week after McIntosh is ready and a couple of weeks before Red Delicious is ripe, Honeycrisps hit the market. They arrive in late September through early October and then they're gone for another year. It may seem like a small window on the calendar. But, oh, how they're worth the wait.
I also saw that they made applesauce from honeycrisps and that it was delicious as well. I don't know who would carry this but you can ask.