John S said
I haven't heard of them, but now I'm curious. Can you describe the flavor and texture?Thanks,
JOhn S
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John,
I don't think you'd be a fan of Envy anyway. Its a firm, juicy, hard, crunchy apple with great texture but predominantly weighted to very very sweet without much balancing acid. Its slow to oxidize after cutting and keeps very well.
Thanks Jafar,
I have nothing against firm, crunchy apples. It's just what you normally have to give up to get it, such as flavor, storage quality and pest resistance. However, you are correct. Very sweet apples without much balancing acid are quite uninteresting to me.
John S
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John,
The apple reminds me of HoneyCrisp - sweet and crunchy. This is probably heresy on this forum, but you should go to the store and buy one. New Seasons has them in right now.
Daniel is right about it being a club apple. The apple comes from New Zealand and only select growers there and in Washington are allowed to grow and sell it. I reached out to the source organization and they said they are not selling to home orchardists at all...
Bryce
I still have about 500 apples sitting in the tooll shed waiting for me to eat them this winter, and envy doesn't sound more interesting than they are. The ones in my shed are selected by me for flavor, organic, convenient and free. Hard to argue with that.
John S
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