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Title: Apple Picking
Post by: dsosnowski06 on September 09, 2019, 08:20:14 pm

Went apple picking in a orchard in Indiana and really enjoyed the day.  Was able to get my favorite type of apple Honeycrisp  for much cheaper than the stores are selling them. Also love the experience of picking my own.  What is your favorite type of apple?

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: sdenimandlace1 on September 10, 2019, 02:31:37 am

My most favorite is Kora that come from New Zealand. We have orchard here I can never catch them open, Honey Crisp is one of our favorites.

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Post by: pkrahmer on September 10, 2019, 03:34:15 am

i haven't been apple picking for years! it was a lot of fun.
i think my favorite apples are pink ladies. :rainbow: :peace: :wave:

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Post by: gaylasue on September 10, 2019, 03:40:01 am

Surprisingly, I like Gala apples the best.

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Post by: braggin on September 10, 2019, 04:48:47 am

My favorite eating apples are yellow Golden Delicious. But I buy all sorts of different apples for pies, depending on what it available to me.

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Post by: Nancy5 on September 10, 2019, 05:26:51 am

We have a few orchards here and we love to go Apple picking.  I make Apple crisp apple pies and even applesauce

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Post by: ccandpam on September 10, 2019, 05:41:45 am

We have an Orchard. We grow Apples, Peaches and Pears. These are the Fruits that my Husband loves to eat. I love Golden Delicious Apples. They are so sweet tasting to me and juicy. I am going to try and make some Homemade Apple Pies. I have never made them before, so I hope they turn out really good.

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Post by: ghunter on September 10, 2019, 07:00:39 am

I like grannysmith apple, hard and green

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Post by: gtdoss on September 10, 2019, 07:48:02 am

I don't really have a favorite apple, because I'm not a big apple fan. But I would enjoy a beautiful fall day in an apple orchard just for the fun of it! I've never been on an apple-picking adventure, but I think I would love it!  :peace:

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: bshee58 on September 10, 2019, 09:36:35 am

I really don't have a fav, just like to see and smile the bag to see how good it smells, too make sure the apples are kinda soft and firm.

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Post by: UGetPaid on September 10, 2019, 11:58:34 am

We have a great orchard nearby that always has autumn activities going on each year for the kids and adults. They have an option for picking your own apples I believe, but we usually just pick from the bushel baskets inside their storefront.


I enjoy all kinds, but golden delicious are my favorite.

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Post by: makeblessed on September 10, 2019, 03:47:51 pm

I don't really have a favorite, but I think I would enjoy experiencing pick apples that sounds like fun!

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Post by: judylucas on September 10, 2019, 04:26:49 pm

I like red or golden delicious best

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Post by: oldbuddy on September 11, 2019, 11:02:12 am

Honey Crisp makes awesome applesauce with no sugar needed. Our church has an annual fall dinner and one of the members owns an orchard, so he brings down a truck with huge boxes full of Honey Crisp for us to take home all we want.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: debidoo on September 11, 2019, 11:09:24 am

When I was W-A-Y younger lol and didn't have such mobility issues AND we lived in a different state cause Florida isn't an apple growing state we used to do some apple picking.  Awesome for you to be able to do.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: cathy37 on September 11, 2019, 01:45:35 pm

I have never been apple picking, but I remember my grandmother's family lived in the mountain in Virginia.  I took her and my great aunt to there house one year and they went apple picking while my daughter and I went to the lake.  They had such funny stories to tell when they got home.

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Post by: Kimdud22 on September 11, 2019, 03:29:37 pm

I am from Virginia myself and enjoy apple picking season here!

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Post by: pectacon on September 13, 2019, 10:25:24 am

Apple picking sounds so fun and autumnal, I've never lived in a place that had it so I've never been. Hope I get to give it a whirl someday.

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Post by: alice44 on September 13, 2019, 01:51:13 pm

We usually get Gala.  THey are firm, not too sweet and not too tart.  :)

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Post by: vickysue on September 13, 2019, 02:38:46 pm

I like all apples, although   I am sort of picky when it comes to  baking apple  pies.  Some apples  are  just not for baking. But  for the most part I will eat any kind of apple because  I like them all.  I don't have apple trees any more  so  I will be going over to the neighbors and pick them.  I will put a few into the freezer already make up into pies and then the rest  we will be picking them and then taking them to the Ministry of Hope. He donates them every year outside of what he may put up which is just a drop in the barrel  compared to what he donates. 

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: jkhanson on September 13, 2019, 08:09:16 pm

We used to go apple picking when the kids were young.  If we went on the weekend of the Festival, they had horse drawn wagons that took people out to the trees.  You could be dropped off at different varieties of apples.  Haralson, Honey Crisp, Cortland are some of the varieties that I liked.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: Cbsteffen on September 13, 2019, 08:57:05 pm

I don’t know. I guess I like Cortland, Pink Lady, and MacIntosh. Sometimes, I wonder if MacIntosh had been Steve Jobs’s favorite apple since there have been many generations of Apple computers by that name.

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Post by: timvolley on September 14, 2019, 06:42:55 pm

i have never tried picking apples.   It sounds like it would be fun

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Post by: Yukichan77 on September 16, 2019, 12:13:03 pm

I haven't picked any apples in so long. I would love to do that this year if I get a chance. My favorite apples are red delicious  :)

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Post by: mamatygress on September 26, 2019, 06:00:05 pm

I have to agree with Honeycrisp.  Dh likes Pacific Rose.

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Post by: nmbrown863 on September 26, 2019, 06:09:49 pm

I don't really have a favorite. Apple picking sounds fun! I am going to hubers orchard, a near by farm, maybe we can pick some apples.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: jkhanson on September 26, 2019, 07:57:16 pm

We used to go apple picking every September when the kids were little up til they were married and moved away.  The orchard we visited had a big Fall Festival with inflatables for the kids, a petting zoo, pony rides, and horse drawn wagon rides out to the trees.  It was great fun.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: darkxtsuna on September 26, 2019, 10:54:38 pm

Never tried going to one of those but might try it soon with family.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: LaTashaS28 on September 27, 2019, 08:54:26 am

I don't really have a favorite apple because I do not eat apples that much, but I do enjoy eating them when I do have a taste for one.

Title: Re: Apple Picking
Post by: mrisha on October 05, 2019, 11:56:34 am

When I was a child we had our own apple trees to pull from.  It was ok but not a great time to pull apples.  It gets tiring.

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Post by: BEENICE on October 05, 2019, 01:34:00 pm

I like to pick medium apples! Not big ones! Out of piles not off trees!

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Post by: linderlizzie on October 05, 2019, 01:49:07 pm

My favorite is Honey Crisp. They're so nice and sweet.

They're also more expensive but it's one thing I'll pay a little more for.  :moneymouth:

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