Now the question is, how did anyone find a Honeycrisp that doesn't taste good? Is it the variety? Is it how its grown? Is it postharvest handling? Is it all the above? In our markets around Chicago it is really difficult to find high quality apples of any variety from Washington. They look beautiful, but lack flavor. I think Washington growers produce great apples. They don't show up here. I've had excellent Honeycrisp from local orchards in northern Illinois. In southern IL, they aren't as good. We get Fuji from MI in our local Aldi that are cheap and outstanding to eat. I think local Red Delicious are just delicious. But then, everyone knows, Red Delicious is a terrible apple. Why do we have so much acreage of this apple?!!
Bill William H. Shoemaker Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist University of Illinois wshoe...@illinois.edu<mailto:wshoe...@illinois.edu> ________________________________ The problem is, poorly grown HC are just not good tasting apples. They need a cold winter, heavy thinning to avoid over cropping, calcium sprays every 4-6 days and careful handling. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Steven Bibula <sbib...@maine.rr.com<mailto:sbib...@maine.rr.com>> wrote: In Hannaford (a major regional supermarket) today, all apples were 99 cents per pound, except some smallish, mediocre-looking honeycrisp at $2.49 per pound. How long can an apple coast in the premium price range on little more than the name? Steven Bibula Plowshares Community Farm 236 Sebago Lake Road Gorham ME 04038 207.239.0442<tel:207.239.0442> www.plowsharesmaine.com<http://www.plowsharesmaine.com> _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net<mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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