Charts: Apples From Tart to Sweet

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Recently I stood in the supermarket ready to buy a bag of apples for snacking. I prefer tart over sweet apples, so usually I know to grab Granny Smith or McIntash apples. But what’s on a supermarket shelf can change every time you go to buy them. Pink Lady apples were on sale the week I went so I pulled out my trusty phone to see where on the apple spectrum they fell. Tart! So into my shopping cart they went. 

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Unless you can buy the same apples time and again, it’s beneficial to have a chart to check. Each time you look at the charts, you might be able to keep the varieties straight, but probably not, and produce tends to change at the supermarket. Next time you go you’ll likely see a new unfamiliar variety. 

Although red delicious -- sweet apples -- are not my favorite, I will eat one if offered. Still when buying a bag of apples, I’d rather buy what I most enjoy snacking.

Apples are kind of fascinating because ancient, as well as, modern people ate them; they grow all over the planet; and there are 7,500 varieties of apples. I wrote all about apples in an earlier blog if you want to know more facts about them.

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A note about charts: I link them back to the source where I find them, however often they are posted on multiple websites so their true origins may be unknown. I’m prepared to relink or remove a photo if requested, and I don’t claim ownership which is why I link them to my source. Blogging is a hobby to share and exchange thoughts, tips and information with others, not to earn revenue. When I know better -- how to share -- I do better.

Back to apples ... there are many varieties I’ve never tasted! I’d like to try a Pacific Rose, a Jazz, and a Lady apple, which isn’t the same as Pink Lady. Which apples would you like to try?

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