Honeycrisp Apples
Oct 6, 2009 | 9:47 am
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Oct 6, 2009 | 2:30 pm
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I've found a big difference in taste when I buy from a supermarket. So, I only buy from my local farm. Of course, there's a big difference in price too, but I'll spend more for a better tasting Honey Krisp (as my local farm bills them.)
Oct 6, 2009 | 4:48 pm
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They have been both wonderful and huge this year. The local orchards where you either pick your own or they got them from local farms have been so much better then the supermarket ones shipped across the country. The weather in this area has been perfect to make huge honeycrisps this year.
Oct 6, 2009 | 6:16 pm
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I find Honeycrisps a bit too sweet for my taste. i prefer an apple with more tartness, although I do like the crispness. I prefer Macouns, which are one of the parent apples of the Honeycrisp.
Oct 6, 2009 | 8:53 pm
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Rather a harsh statement, and utterly untrue. However, most of the best California apples are only sold through local outlets, such as farmer's markets or direct from farm stands, so California apples shipped out of state may only be the second rate ones.
However, California grown Pippins are definitely the best - too harsh a winter, and they don't do well at all.
And really, is there an apple nastier than the poor, abused Red Delicious from Washington state that spend months in storage, and hit the supermarkets about March? Mushy, grainy and tasteless.
However, California grown Pippins are definitely the best - too harsh a winter, and they don't do well at all.
And really, is there an apple nastier than the poor, abused Red Delicious from Washington state that spend months in storage, and hit the supermarkets about March? Mushy, grainy and tasteless.
Oct 7, 2009 | 6:59 am
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They have been both wonderful and huge this year. The local orchards where you either pick your own or they got them from local farms have been so much better then the supermarket ones shipped across the country. The weather in this area has been perfect to make huge honeycrisps this year.
BTW, I get my honeycrisps at Aspetuck Farms, right on 58 in Easton.
Oct 7, 2009 | 7:26 am
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I believe this is correct. I haven't found a farm around here that let's you pick them yourself. You can pick a close derivative though.
Oct 7, 2009 | 7:58 am
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Silvermans up on Sport Hill has them, but not that many trees of them (or did, we got some there last year or the year before).
www.silvermansfarm.com
Though we usually swing by Aspetuck after breakfast for them, it's easier then dealing with the crowds at Silvermans (and the prices are better)
If you make a trip of it, Lymans in Middlefield has them, as does Drazen in Cheshire. We use to get our mums in Cheshire, and I had family in that area, so we would do it all at once. Though this year the mums at Aspetuck are wonderful and cheap, so we won't be going to Cheshire.
www.silvermansfarm.com
Though we usually swing by Aspetuck after breakfast for them, it's easier then dealing with the crowds at Silvermans (and the prices are better)
If you make a trip of it, Lymans in Middlefield has them, as does Drazen in Cheshire. We use to get our mums in Cheshire, and I had family in that area, so we would do it all at once. Though this year the mums at Aspetuck are wonderful and cheap, so we won't be going to Cheshire.
Oct 7, 2009 | 8:10 am
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If you can find them, you might want to try a new varietal called "Pinata" grown exclusively by Stemilt Growers in Washington, they're fantastic.
http://www.stemilt.com/Pinata/Pages/default.aspx
Oct 7, 2009 | 8:33 am
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We fill the thing with apples till I get a chance to cook them into sauce, crisp, pies, etc and get all those frozen.
We just this week ate the last of the apple cranberry crisp from the January buy out.
Oct 7, 2009 | 8:48 am
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I'm in the field of horticulture, and apparently, the sale of 'Honeycrisp' grafting stock nets about $3M each year. Of that, I have heard that the breeder gets a cut of about $1M in royalties. When you stumble upon the next best variety of consumer produce, you can really strike it big!
Oct 7, 2009 | 12:01 pm
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Silvermans up on Sport Hill has them, but not that many trees of them (or did, we got some there last year or the year before).
www.silvermansfarm.com
Though we usually swing by Aspetuck after breakfast for them, it's easier then dealing with the crowds at Silvermans (and the prices are better)
If you make a trip of it, Lymans in Middlefield has them, as does Drazen in Cheshire. We use to get our mums in Cheshire, and I had family in that area, so we would do it all at once. Though this year the mums at Aspetuck are wonderful and cheap, so we won't be going to Cheshire.
www.silvermansfarm.com
Though we usually swing by Aspetuck after breakfast for them, it's easier then dealing with the crowds at Silvermans (and the prices are better)
If you make a trip of it, Lymans in Middlefield has them, as does Drazen in Cheshire. We use to get our mums in Cheshire, and I had family in that area, so we would do it all at once. Though this year the mums at Aspetuck are wonderful and cheap, so we won't be going to Cheshire.
I stopped going to Silverman's years ago because of the crowds. And I didn't realize the prices are better at Aspetuck, as I've found the Honeykrisps there to be rather pricey.