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  • From: "Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Honeycrisp impostor!
  • Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:59:52 -0600

Looks like the Senshu cultivar we grow here at Royal Oak Farm Orchard. It's a cultivar of Toko and Fuji. I have done taste tests with our customers between Senshu and Honeycrisp and about 75% could not taste the difference between the two.

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard

----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen B. Downey" <downey@allendowney.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:01 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Honeycrisp impostor!



I bought a bag of apples recently that claimed to be Honeycrisp, but when I looked more closely, and especially when I tasted one, I discovered that I had been duped!

I took some pictures of the impostor, and posted them at

http://allendowney.com/apple

It has the same colors as a Honeycrisp, and some of the same streakiness, but the skin is shinier than Honeycrisp, and it lacks the dimples and the russeting at the stem end. Also, the stem is too long.

It's not a bad tasting apple, but the texture is relatively soft and not at all like the characteristic crispness of Honeycrisp.

I would be curious to know what this apple is. If you can identify it, please send me an email or reply to NAFEX.

And what do you think, should I raise a stink?

Cheers,
Allen








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