Same story here on the east coast of Canada ........ maybe it is the climate in
which it is grown. HoneyCrisp tastes horrible!!
George Brinson
From: David Doud
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:35 PM
To: Apple-crop discussion list
Subject: Re: [apple-crop] honeycrisp prices
" how did anyone find a Honeycrisp that doesn't taste good?"
Unfortunately, it's not that hard - We were visiting our son in San Diego in
October 2012 (no fruit here, might as well take a trip) and visited Whole
Foods, actually caught an upper level produce employee and chatted - he really
wanted to turn me onto HoneyCrisp, there was a big display of 4" ones - insipid
- and not that good of texture either - On to Trader Joe's, big display of
nasty green 2.25-2.75" HoneyCrisp, obviously off overcropped trees - wish I
would have taken pictures, but I was on vacation...
The ones in the local stores recently have been respectable @ $2.49 to
$2.99/pound
It's hard to grow good ones - twice the price but half the pack-out - a real
temptation to lower standards -
HoneyCrisp has generated apple excitement like none other in the last 30 years
and has reset the bar - it is the new standard by which other varieties are
measured and the traditional varieties don't measure up - Jonagored may compete
in its week, but there's no comparison a couple weeks later -
David
On Jan 29, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Shoemaker, William H wrote:
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
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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> 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
www.plowsharesmaine.com
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