EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: The Honeycrisp apple

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: The Honeycrisp apple

POSTED: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:49 PM
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Photo | Drew Lazor

Quite a few people have been raving about Honeycrisp apples lately, as the ultra-short season (they're typically harvested in the last week of September) is upon us. If you've never had a Honeycrisp before, holy crap they're the best apple of all time! Developed in the '60s by University of Minnesota researchers who cross-pollinated the Macoun and Honeygold apple varieties and first released commercially in the early '90s, these things are nearly a meal in and of themselves. The refreshing snap of the skin and flesh is unparalleled (sorry McIntosh, you suck!), and they're the perfect balance of tart and sweet in the taste department.� They're also super pretty and look like apples from cartoons.

Got this one from Maxx's Produce (225 S. 20th St.) yesterday. Where else in the city might we cop some delicious Honeycrisps before they're all gone, Meal Ticketers?

Eat them immediately.


ac
Posted 2009-11-03 15:43:30
When the Honeycrisp apples are gone, you can eat honeycrisp applesauce all year long. The applesauce is really delicious, thick and chunky, like homemade and no added sugars or sweeteners, tastes like the delicious HC apple!

You can order and have jars shipped to you from the apple grower's website:

www.HighJOrchards.com

tracy
Posted 2009-10-14 13:56:25
seriously, greensgrow farms has them at the thursday and saturday market. so worth the trip to kenzo for how tasty and fresh they are!

marc
Posted 2009-10-14 14:03:09
Beechwood Orchards at the farmer's markets on Tuesday on South at Passyunk and on Sun at Headhouse Square has them (he was also at Rittenhouse on Saturdays last year, but I haven't been to that one this year).  And they are indeed the best.

mazza3
Posted 2009-10-14 14:18:16
if you act fast and hustle your rump to the farmers' market at 36th and walnut they have them...

morty
Posted 2009-10-14 14:26:09
Honeycrisp apples are the best apples in the whole world!!!!!

polianarchy
Posted 2009-10-14 14:57:57
I got a pair of honeycrisps as big as my FACE at Linvilla Orchard this Sunday. One eaten with a nice thick hunk of extra sharp cheddar cheese is the perfect meal.

Marisa
Posted 2009-10-14 15:08:12
Sue's Produce on 18th Street typically has honeycrisp apples as well. It is truly an amazing apple!

morty
Posted 2009-10-14 15:18:58
Polianarchy:



The honeycrisp cheddar combo is exactly what I'm eating as my lunch right this second!

bhiladelphia
Posted 2009-10-14 15:11:50
they have 'em at linvilla orchards, and they're huge, it took me two days to eat one

carolyn
Posted 2009-10-14 16:33:36
weird, i had a honeycrisp/cheddar lunch today as well ... and i get my HCs at headhouse on sundays -- at least two vendors sell them weekly.

Dee
Posted 2009-10-15 08:24:09
Marini's Produce on Veale Road in Wilmington DE (across from St. Edmunds Academy) has had them and they are by far the BEST apple!  Get them while you can!!!

fed
Posted 2009-10-15 10:48:30
Also available at Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal.

Michelle C.
Posted 2009-10-15 15:53:33
Wegman's in Cherry Hill has them a lot!  They are amazing, although I don't know how anyone is full from an apple and piece of cheese for lunch!

wendy
Posted 2009-10-15 17:22:35
i got some at the lansdowne farmers market a couple weeks ago but don't know if they still have them.  the varieties change alot.  but oh they are good...had a sample and had to buy a bunch.

Jule
Posted 2010-10-19 11:31:15
You can also find them at Jin's produce on 20th between Market and Chestnut. I made a pie with them this past weekend-ridiculously good.

Notes from the Weekend: Oct. 18 :: Meal Ticket :: Philadelphia City Paper
Posted 2010-10-18 16:53:55
[...] up some honeycrisp apples � The King of Apples! � to munch on during the hike, and sliced them up using a great pocket knife borrowed from Adsum [...] 
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