Honeycrisp
Sweet, bright, snappy.
medium keeper fresh, lunch, kids, cheese
- Sweetness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 2 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 5 of 5, provisional
A visual apple guide
Find your favorite apple by taste.
Compare varieties by sweetness, tartness, crispness, and how you plan to eat them, then shortlist the ones worth buying.
Provisional data
Ratings, tasting notes, keeping classes, and use tags are unsourced placeholders, not measurements or tested advice. They will change once research and editorial review land.
Explore apple varieties
Eight provisional profiles to start, each with draft sweetness, tartness, and crispness on a relative 1–5 scale.
Showing 8 of 8 records.
Fuji
Sweet, mild, juicy.
long keeper fresh, lunch, kids
- Sweetness
- 5 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 1 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 4 of 5, provisional
Gala
Mellow, gently sweet.
medium keeper fresh, lunch, kids
- Sweetness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 1 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 3 of 5, provisional
Granny Smith
Sharp, firm, bright.
long keeper fresh, pie, cheese, cider
- Sweetness
- 1 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 5 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 5 of 5, provisional
Golden Delicious
Soft, mellow, fragrant.
medium keeper fresh, pie, kids, cheese
- Sweetness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 2 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 2 of 5, provisional
McIntosh
Tangy, soft, juicy.
short keeper fresh, kids, cider
- Sweetness
- 3 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 1 of 5, provisional
Cortland
Balanced, gently tart.
medium keeper fresh, lunch, pie, cider
- Sweetness
- 3 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 3 of 5, provisional
Arkansas Black
Firm, aromatic, tart.
long keeper pie, cheese, cider
- Sweetness
- 2 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 5 of 5, provisional
Featured variety
Honeycrisp
Sweet, bright, snappy.
Sweet-leaning, crisp, and red-skinned in the provisional set. Its scores place it against the other apples here, not against a measurement.
- Keeping class
- Medium, a relative class rather than a storage time
- Use tags
- fresh, lunch, kids, cheese
- Skin color
- Red
- Rarity
- 1 of 5, where 1 is common
Flavor profile (1–5)
- Sweetness: 4 of 5, provisional
- Tartness: 2 of 5, provisional
- Crispness: 5 of 5, provisional
- Juiciness: 5 of 5, provisional
- Aroma: 3 of 5, provisional
- Sweetness
- 4 of 5, provisional
- Tartness
- 2 of 5, provisional
- Crispness
- 5 of 5, provisional
- Juiciness
- 5 of 5, provisional
- Aroma
- 3 of 5, provisional
Relative positions, not lab measurements.
Tasting note
Sweet, bright, snappy.
Draft wording, not yet tasted or reviewed.
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Apple matchmaker
Four quick questions, three matches, and the reason behind each. No account needed.
- 1 Sweet or tart?
- 2 Crisp or soft?
- 3 Fresh, pie, or cider?
- 4 Familiar or adventurous?
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