{"id":38560,"date":"2024-12-26T00:12:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T05:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=38560"},"modified":"2024-12-26T00:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T05:12:44","slug":"how-honeycrisp-apples-went-from-marvel-to-mediocre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=38560","title":{"rendered":"How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/thmb\/hu8bao9S1Y1HBuSmTxzxUDkijDo=\/750x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/20241127-SEA-WhatHappenedtoHoneyCrisp-AmandaSuarez-14e9d056abae47bb9c04d73584bf137e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of events led to a decline in the quality of a beloved apple variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/how-honeycrisp-apples-went-from-marvel-to-mediocre-8753117\">How Honeycrisp Apples Went Fr<\/a>om Marvel to Mediocre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TL;DR\" target=\"_blank\">tl;dr<\/a>: developed in Minnesota to be an excellent flavour &amp; texture.&nbsp; was successful; but must be grown in Washington state due to commercial advantages due to 60%+ of apples grown there; but not suited for the Wa. state climate, nor suited to mass farming techniques.&nbsp; so what spread to everyone was the idea of an exceptional apple, and some got them, but once everyone could get them, mediocre apple.  i recall having a very good example long ago, but haven&#8217;t tried in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cReally a variety cannot be successful unless it\u2019s grown commercially in Washington,\u201d Bedford says. \u201cWe sent trees out, they tested it, and I had more than one grower call me and say, \u2018That\u2019s the worst tree I\u2019ve ever tried to grow here. I\u2019m pulling all the trees out.\u2019\u201d Not only is the fruit a poor fit for the state\u2019s climate, which is much warmer than Minnesota, but it\u2019s also prone to several physiological and storage disorders, like bitter pit and soft scald, which can affect both the presentation and eating quality of the fruit when it\u2019s stored for an extended period of time.&nbsp;<br><br>As Bedford noted above, it is impossible for an apple variety to be \u201csuccessful\u201d unless it is grown in Washington. But what does success even mean? Turning the Honeycrisp into yet another commodity ultimately defeats the purpose of what Bedford and Luby were trying to achieve: a truly delicious apple with excellent eating quality. The Honeycrisp is a victim of its own success, and has become exactly what Bedford and Luby despised about the variety\u2019s predecessors: a boring commodity apple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>meta: here&#8217;s the same two paras from the article; these will survive web rot, but are not searchable.  the text above is searchable but not &#8220;real&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38562\" width=\"536\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png 831w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-768x713.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6-675x626.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38563\" width=\"528\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png 886w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7-675x307.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[2040,1522,1523],"class_list":["post-38560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-apples","tag-late-stage-capitalism","tag-meta-2","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38565,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38560\/revisions\/38565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}