Becca wrote:

> My favorite eating apple, is Fuji or Gala. Anything but Red
> Delicious.
> Becca

Ugh! I agree. Red Delicious is the worst apple out there. Golden Delicious,
while not good for eating out of hand, at least do well when making
something like a French apple tart.

I live a couple hundred yards from a family-run orchard that has at least 40
varieties of apple, everything from heirlooms (Nodhead) to the new varieties
(Honeycrisp). I've been suspicious of the new varieties, but became a
convert to Honeycrisps. The flavor is okay--nothing to compare to a good
early Macintosh--but the texture and juiciness are out of this world.

Could you describe Fuji and Gala, in comparison to other varieties?