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I prefer Granny Smith myself:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith

Generally anything that's not-soft.

One of the newest varieties is Cosmic Crisp:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Crisp

* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50619281

A whole bunch have come out recently it seems:

* https://newengland.com/today/food/the-best-new-apple-varieti...

* https://www.10best.com/interests/food-culture/types-of-apple...

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My wife entered me into a contest to get cosmic Crisp merchandise. They sent me a shirt, dish towel, and a few apples. I was already a rabid fan of the apple. It is tart, sweet, juicy, doesn't brown even after 24 hours of being cut, and is firm enough for baking without being too hard. It is like the Honey Crisp, but stores better and has more flavor IMO. All hail the Cosmic Crisp.

Seriously though. The Red Delicious is disgusting. When I bought my apple trees I asked the nursery employee if anyone ever buys the red delicious trees. Apparently some do, so perhaps those of us that hate the red delicious do so with a passion, while most are just indifferent.

I know someone who likes Red Delicious and buys them specifically, over other choices, and not on price.

I would be wary of such an individual :)

Does anyone know why some of these apples don’t brown? They have obviously been bred that way, but how can they not oxidize?

No idea. My completely uneducated guess that probably makes no sense is that they have thicker cell walls (or whatever they're called for plants)?

Food is very rooted in memories and childhood. A lot of people who ate Red Delicious as children will feel that same sense of safety and warmth that they did when they ate them as kids. Proust’s Madeleine and all that.

My favorite apples (day to day) are Holsteiner Cox[1] and (Schöner aus) Boskoop[2]. And Berlepsch[3], but the latter is not easy to get here.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holsteiner_Cox

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Boskoop

[3] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlepsch

Where in the U.S. can you get these varieties?

btw, if you ever thought engineers were terrible about naming things, check out Apple cultivars, where you have names like SweeTango™ [0] and Zestar!® [1]

[0] https://sweetango.com/ [1] https://mnhardy.umn.edu/varieties/fruit/apples/zestar

You make fun but the Sweetango is by far my favorite apple. It's better than cosmic crisp IMHO!

I'm sure programming and novel cultivars are not the only places where naming is hard.

Big fan of the Cosmic Crisp, it really does live up to the hype! Although, I have a sweet tooth and I might even find it too sweet.

Completely agree. I rarely eat an apple on it's own, and a granny smith is crisp and sour, and great for baking.

Add Rome!

I love to eat cold honeycrisps myself.

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