Fruit Maven » honeycrisp http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Honey Crisp Apple http://fruitmaven.com/2009/12/honey-crisp-apple/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/12/honey-crisp-apple/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:21:40 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=1061 If you have ever wished that your parents weren’t actually your parents, then this is the fruit for you! honeycrisp apple
APPEARANCE 4 out of 5 stars

Shiny red and green striped skin with pale yellow flesh.

AROMA 4 out of 5 stars

Very sweet with the slightest honey scent (seriously I have no idea if I am just extremely influenced my the name or if it really does smell like honey but I like it so I don’t really care what caused it).

TEXTURE 5 out of 5 stars

Crispy, crunchy, juicy, dense flesh – completely ideal apple texture.

TASTE 3 out of 5 stars

Bright, fresh, sweet apple flavor with a slightly tart kick to it that reminds me a bit of lemons.

OVERALL 4 out of 5 stars

I know there are a lots of fans of this apple out there and I will admit that for texture and juice it is perfection. However, for flavor, I have to say it doesn’t wow me. It is good – yes, but a bit one-noted. It is nicely sweet, but a little too bright for me and not at all complicated. Of the general grocery store apple options this is an excellent one, but if you look a little harder, I promise you can find something even better.

FRUIT

Apple

VARIETY

Honey Crisp

PEAK

Fall

ORIGIN

Univ. of Minnesota (1960)

GROWN

Unknown

PURCHASED

Grocery Store

NOTES

There is some “drama“, and believe me I definitely use that word lightly, around the parentage of this apple. Apparently the parents were claimed to be the Honeygold and the Macoun and then some testing determined that neither of those apples were involved in the Honeycrisp inception. I would dismiss this, since I seriously don’t care that much about farming and hybridizing and whatnot, and I’ve never even tasted a Honeygold or a Macoun, but what kind of persons dismisses the plight of an orphan? Not I! Oh no, not I. So…  “Dear Honeycrisp, I like you and I wish you all the best in finding your true and loving parents. I am sorry for any pain you have endured. Maybe ‘Find My Family‘ can help. Let me know if there is anything I can do. Best, Fruit Maven”

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