[throwawaycities]

I never particularly liked Honeycrisp apples and never understood the hype, but seeing this #1 on HN I feel like one of the cool kids ahead of the curve on a niche topic. Jokes aside about 5 years ago I began reading about the industry side of all these new trendy apple varieties, much of it is industry driven and interesting for those into that sort of thing.

The best in my opinion is Fuji followed closely by Gala.

[jader201]

Hard disagree.

I used to love Galas but ultimately realized about 50% of the time they were mealy.

Since swapping to Honeycrisp, I’ve yet to have a mealy one. Maybe occasionally (about 1 out of 20-30) there’s one that has a hint of mealiness, but far from what half of the Galas were.

I do agree that not all of them are super sweet/flavorful, but still most of them are, and I’d take a less sweet but still crisp apple any day over a sweet but mealy one.

I never tried Fuji much, but don’t remember them being anything special. This site [1] (shared at least once on HN) has Fuji even below Gala.

[1] https://applerankings.com/

[limit499karma]

Something really off imho with a food writer that manages to insert foul matter vulgarity into food reviews. It's moved beyond cute into the 'wonder what ails this guy' territory.

[dahart]

Meh, he’s a comedian, not a food writer. Some of the taglines are maybe over the line, but a lot of them are funny, and all of them are in jest.

[lern_too_spel]

That site is a single person's opinion. He acknowledges that Fuji is many (most?) people's favorite variety among people who have a favorite variety but then rates it poorly to be controversial. The comment section of his review shows that his clickbait strategy was successful.

[throwawaycities]

Way I’d explain it as Fuji and Gala are similar (on the sweet side). I agree with you on inconsistency of the Gala, which is why I have it below Fuji, and Fuji’s being consistently crisp.

I’m firmly in your camp, I don’t care for mealy apples - I hear those people exist but don’t think I know any.

[lern_too_spel]

I have never eaten a bad Fuji. They're inexpensive too, usually 1/2 to 1/3 the price of these crapshoot Johnnies-come-lately.

[throwawaycities]

That’s my experience as well, at least at my local store I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve gotten a mealy Fuji over many years.

Also laughing because I perform the same apple analysis - this new variety looks good and admittedly the names are pretty effective marketing (honeycrisp, cosmic, etc…), but they tend to be comparatively expensive and after being let down some many times I just grab the Fuji

[airstrike]

I will go out of my way to avoid Fuji and Gala, FWIW. I used to like Honeyscrisp but they have been disappointing lately indeed. Didn't know this was a thing, but my takeaway is I should be on the lookout for weirdly named ones next time I'm shopping.