Apples
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Matt80M

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1,140 posts

201 months

Monday 19th August 2013
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Just had a lovely crisp Jazz apple and I think it's my new favourite variety, taking the crown from the Royal Gala. Can't stand Granny Smith. Nothing enjoyable about them at all.

What is your favourite sort?

sunnygym

1,075 posts

204 months

Monday 19th August 2013
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Jazz apples are the best, even better if stored in the fridge

Mobile Chicane

21,977 posts

241 months

Monday 19th August 2013
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Beauty of Bath.

It's an early dessert apple unobtainable in shops nowadays [sigh] but has a lovely fragrance, and crisp, pink-tinged flesh.

Matt80M

Original Poster:

1,140 posts

201 months

Monday 19th August 2013
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Mobile Chicane said:
Beauty of Bath.

It's an early dessert apple unobtainable in shops nowadays [sigh] but has a lovely fragrance, and crisp, pink-tinged flesh.
Sounds good.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for them. biglaugh


Pooky67

577 posts

188 months

Monday 19th August 2013
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Grannies for me all the time but then I've always been a sharp/sour fan (gooseberries another fave!)

Bill

58,500 posts

284 months

Tuesday 20th August 2013
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I love munching on a nice sweet pink lady. :/

Shaolin

2,955 posts

218 months

Tuesday 20th August 2013
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It's supposed to be a particularly good year for apples, bumper crops and full of apply goodness from the warm summer, then again I heard that about strawberries a couple of months ago and they were nothing special.

mu0n

2,348 posts

162 months

Tuesday 20th August 2013
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Pink Lady are by far the best.

Braeburn are decent too.

pti

1,849 posts

173 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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lepetitoeuf said:
mu0n said:
Pink Lady are by far the best.
Yes.
Aye.

RizzoTheRat

28,763 posts

221 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Dabinett, but pulp and ferment them first.

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Bill said:
I love munching on a nice sweet pink lady. :/
Nothing quite like a fresh crisp pink lady!

MGgeordie

939 posts

213 months

Thursday 29th August 2013
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Loves the juices that flow from biting into a pink lady!

doosht

200 posts

185 months

Thursday 29th August 2013
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I like Braeburn :-)

uncinqsix

3,239 posts

239 months

Friday 30th August 2013
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doosht said:
I like Braeburn :-)
Braeburn are the standard by which all other apples are judged. There have been a few good new varieties recently, such as Eve and Lemonade, but I still look forward to the first of the braeburns the most.

oyster

13,686 posts

277 months

Friday 30th August 2013
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Egremont Russett smile

Great crunch, slightly coarse skin, tangy flesh. They feel more like a meal than a snack.

toasty

8,400 posts

249 months

Friday 30th August 2013
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Toffee for me.

205alive

6,087 posts

205 months

Friday 30th August 2013
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Another vote for Braeburn.

God, I've just come over all needy for a nice apple pie...

Aussie John

1,021 posts

260 months

Friday 30th August 2013
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When I lived in OZ a Johnathan was a great apple but an OZ grown Granny Smith was also great; not like the French grown ones here which seem crisp and juicy but no flavour.

jet_noise

6,074 posts

211 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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Dear All,

oyster said:
Egremont Russett smile

Great crunch, slightly coarse skin, tangy flesh. They feel more like a meal than a snack.
Hear, hear. My favourite too.
Although the Coxes from my grandparents' orchard (if still available, both orchard & grandparents) would pip them to the post,

regards,
Jet

HarryW

16,008 posts

298 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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jet_noise said:
Dear All,

oyster said:
Egremont Russett smile

Great crunch, slightly coarse skin, tangy flesh. They feel more like a meal than a snack.
Hear, hear. My favourite too.
Although the Coxes from my grandparents' orchard (if still available, both orchard & grandparents) would pip them to the post,

regards,
Jet
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