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I've started keeping a list of different varieties of apples I've had- we have quite a few!
Most other fruits (commercially-grown on a large scale, anyway) seem to have fewer varieties available. The only pears I've seen are: Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou (my favorite), Comice, Spartlett, and two other varieties, one of which is red.
Let's see if I can remember all the kinds of apples I've tried:
Delicious (crisp and juicy, but has little taste to me)
Golden Delicious (a favorite- crisp, juicy, sweet)
Cortland (another fave I grew up with)
Macintosh (not crisp enough- maybe i keep getting over-ripe ones?)
Empire (a favorite- crisp, juicy, a bit tangy- reminds me of Cortland)
Stayman Winesap (another favorite, subtly different from Cortland)
King Spencer
Macoun
Jonagold
Idared
Jonathan
Gold Rush
Granny Smith (I think this goes by a different name now- probably the tangiest variety I've tried)
Mutsu (same as GS just above?)
Arkansas Black (not black, exactly, but the skin has deep color which tinges the flesh just beneath)
...and I forgot the name of a new variety I got at the Farmer's Market, but it looks like a big Golden Delicious, but more round, with a greenish tinge...
ETA: Others I forgot to mention:
Braeburn
Northern Spy
Gala
Pink Lady
Most other fruits (commercially-grown on a large scale, anyway) seem to have fewer varieties available. The only pears I've seen are: Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou (my favorite), Comice, Spartlett, and two other varieties, one of which is red.
Let's see if I can remember all the kinds of apples I've tried:
Delicious (crisp and juicy, but has little taste to me)
Golden Delicious (a favorite- crisp, juicy, sweet)
Cortland (another fave I grew up with)
Macintosh (not crisp enough- maybe i keep getting over-ripe ones?)
Empire (a favorite- crisp, juicy, a bit tangy- reminds me of Cortland)
Stayman Winesap (another favorite, subtly different from Cortland)
King Spencer
Macoun
Jonagold
Idared
Jonathan
Gold Rush
Granny Smith (I think this goes by a different name now- probably the tangiest variety I've tried)
Mutsu (same as GS just above?)
Arkansas Black (not black, exactly, but the skin has deep color which tinges the flesh just beneath)
...and I forgot the name of a new variety I got at the Farmer's Market, but it looks like a big Golden Delicious, but more round, with a greenish tinge...
ETA: Others I forgot to mention:
Braeburn
Northern Spy
Gala
Pink Lady
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