[sigilis]

That was it, yes. Long term storage under refrigeration is harming the quality of the apples at market in the interest of making the apple available year round.

The actionable information is in the beginning: honey crisp apples are not worth it anymore buy whatever instead. For me this keeps it from being insufferable. The stuff in the middle demonstrates what the conditions were like before it went mass market, which supports the conclusion that something changed and that it was likely related to the logistics of growing and distributing the apple.

If you don't like reading these articles, you could try using an LLM to extract a summary before choosing to dive in. I'm sure there are browser extensions for that.

[rwiggins]

Yeah, having the read the article, my conclusion was that you should avoid honeycrisps from like February through ~August. i.e. only buy them when they're vaguely in season, or not too long afterward.

Anecdotally, I had some pretty delicious honeycrisps last night (in WA).

[Spooky23]

You also need to be aware of how the grocer stocks.

As an example, during the peak of peach season in the region, a South Carolina Sam’s Club had pallets of California peaches!