APPEARANCE Rating: 
Light green skin with tiny brown freckles, bright white flesh.
AROMA Rating: 
Smells like candy apples – a sweet spectacular apple smell.
TEXTURE Rating:
Crispy and very juicy, not quite crunchy but close to it.
TASTE Rating:
Perhaps one of the sweetest apples I have tasted – very reminiscent of cotton candy without the oowey goowey, sticky, cotton mouth thing and minus the awful, lingering corn syrup aftertaste.
OVERALL Overall Rating:
I know everyone says they like a sweet apple with the perfect tart balance, but I am not like everyone. I like sweet apples. I can eat tart apples and since I like apples, it’s fine. But if you want to hear me go on and on about an apple – and that is why you are here right – then it’s the sweet apples that really get me going. This one is phenomenal. I almost didn’t buy it. Luckily this apple is named Green Dragon, which is one hell of a kick ass name. And despite the fact that I literally have 22 varieties of apple in my refrigerator (no there is not room for things like milk or cheese, why do you ask) and 20 other varieties that I have already taken notes on, I bought this one anyway (or two or whatever). Let me just jump to the point – I am in love with this apple. I want to cuddle with this apple. Divine and unusual – complicated in its sweetness – it has layer after layer of goodness. Find this apple people. Find it and eat it. Then tell your grocer that next time he or she goes to order a Golden Delicious to slap him or her self in the face and order a Green Dragon instead.
| FRUIT Apple |
PEAK Fall -Winter |
PURCHASED Grocery Store |
| VARIETY Green Dragon |
GROWN Unknown |
We love your description of the Green Dragon Apple. We’re sharing this on our Facebook page! Thanks so much for loving fresh fruit!
The Green Dragon comes from the northwest, but before I give out anymore info I better check with the grower. I feel I need their blessings. I do have a few boxes in inventory. Their season in real short, maybe 3 weeks long. Please allow me another day to check with the grower and I will get back to you.
The produce professor.
This apple is incredible and has replaced my previous favorite – Ambrosia!!! Love love love it!!!
stumbled on this website looking up Green Dragon apples I recently purchased at Ralph’s. Loving this site! Rate more apples!
Well Anthony, it’s your lucky day. I just added Ambrosia Apples to the site today. My readers ask – I deliver!!!!
Had my first Green Dragon Apple at the TedxSanDiego event, and it was amazing, where do you find these in San Diego?
Tim – I first found them at Whole Foods and I know Specialty Produce has them in stock now. I’ve seen them at Vons as well but not recently. So they are definitely getting more popular around here.
I need a green dragon apple tree! My daughter is in love with then and can’t wait to get her next batch of apple to stick on her william-sonoma apple peeler. A day without a green dragon apple is like a day without sunshine. I need a tree asap. Can someone send me a site to order one etc.
Chuy
@Chuy – I can’t find anywhere to buy a tree – sorry. But I love this quote, “A day without a green dragon apple is like a day without sunshine”. haha.
I just bought my first two at a local grocery and my impression is that it is lacking something-acid maybe? Anyway it was sweet but….
The best first taste I have had that I remember was when Jazz apples first hit the scene-the ones from New Zealand. The ones from the NW just don’t have the same zing.
I’ll have to put these Green Dragons into the also rans.