Quick picks

Seven shopping questions, each answered by one disclosed ranking rule applied to the provisional records. Every pick returns three records and shows the rule that ordered them.

Provisional data

The scores, keeping classes, rarity values, and use tags behind every pick on this site are unsourced placeholders, not measurements or tested advice. Nothing here has been tasted, verified, or reviewed. Values may change or be replaced once research and editorial review land.

The seven quick picks

  1. For a lunch box

    Which of these records would you pack for a lunch box?

    Ranked by crispness, among records tagged lunch

    1. Honeycrisp
    2. Fuji
    3. Cortland

    Rule: Records tagged lunch, ranked by crispness from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  2. For a pie

    Which of these records would you choose for a pie?

    Ranked by tartness, among records tagged pie

    1. Granny Smith
    2. Arkansas Black
    3. Cortland

    Rule: Records tagged pie, ranked by tartness from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  3. For kids

    Which of these records would you pick for kids?

    Ranked by sweetness, among records tagged kids

    1. Fuji
    2. Gala
    3. Golden Delicious

    Rule: Records tagged kids, ranked by sweetness from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  4. For a cheese board

    Which of these records would you pick for a cheese board?

    Ranked by aroma, among records tagged cheese

    1. Arkansas Black
    2. Golden Delicious
    3. Granny Smith

    Rule: Records tagged cheese, ranked by aroma from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  5. Longest lasting

    Which of these records is filed under the longest keeping class?

    Ranked by keeping class, then crispness

    1. Arkansas Black
    2. Granny Smith
    3. Fuji

    Rule: Every record, ranked by keeping class with long before medium before short, then by crispness from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  6. Most juicy

    Which of these records carry the highest juiciness score?

    Ranked by juiciness, then sweetness

    1. Fuji
    2. Honeycrisp
    3. McIntosh

    Rule: Every record, ranked by juiciness from highest to lowest, then by sweetness from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

  7. Most unusual

    Which of these records carry the highest rarity score?

    Ranked by rarity, then aroma

    1. Arkansas Black
    2. Cortland
    3. McIntosh

    Rule: Every record, ranked by rarity from highest to lowest, then by aroma from highest to lowest, ties broken by display name from A to Z.

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