I will probably do this on the older one. The younger one is not big enough to mess with, probably. I just planted it this fall. I will re-evaluate them next spring. Good idea.
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SunCrisp and Crunch A Bunch are quite alike in look and taste. Crunch A Bunch is a bit sweeter, less tart.
Top row SunCrisp
Bottom row Crunch A Bunch.
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They look amazingly very similar.
Here is side by side.
SunCrisp on the left. Crunch A Bunch on the right.
Both can have some red blush if getting enough sun.
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Both ripen about the same time for you?
Iâve got SunCrisp on my wish list. Scott recommended it. Looks good. Thinking it will be closer to mid october here.
My Crunch A Bunch tree gets, at most, 5 hours of sun. SunCrisp gets even less.
So my ripening time in mid Oct (CaB) and late Oct (SunCrisp) could be a week or two earlier if they get fun sun.
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Crunch A Bunch name sucks. Sounds like a kids cereal.
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I dislike the name. The apples is very good/excellent, a good blend of sweet/tart with a crunch.
With such a nice looking pale yellow fruit, this apple could easily be called Lunar Sensation!!
I donât know who came up with the name Crunch A Bunch and who went endorsed such a silly name.
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Sundowner apples picked today. No spray or dormant oil, I think they look pretty nice!
Very juicy and crisp. Sweet but balanced by tartness and with a nice apple flavor.
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Martha Crab
Had my first Martha crabapples this year, I started trying them about mid September and they were bitter at that point. Honeycrisp ripens about October 15 in my zone 5a orchard. I had to pick them all about October 15 due to a hard frost, and they still werenât ripe yet. After a week in storage they were very good, very crisp, sweet with a healthy dose of acid, pleasant crabapple flavor. I only had a few, so donât know how long they store. I think this apple is worth grafting. It is a very vigorous variety that fruited in its 3rd year for me, had about 5 feet of growth in 3 years. I have needed to keep it pruned so it doesnât overtake other varieties on the tree.
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Suncrisp must be awfully tart. Or maybe my Crunch A Bunch could just use some more sun. I should have measured brix. At least one friend I gave apples to said it is her new favorite. My wife wonât eat them because of the acid. Quality and texture were excellent. I still thought that Goldrush had a more interesting flavor and much more sugar (judged by palate) even though it overbore, didnât fully ripen, cracked and had other quality issues that CaB was largely spared.
Yes, atrocious. The cereal is terrible too.
MAIA7 just doesnât roll off of the tongue, or Iâd use it instead. I wish that they were required to give a pronounceable and good faith cultivar name in order to get the patent and trademark.
That group has other dumb names, like Ludacrisp,. but at least thatâs easier to type and to say with a straight face. Somebody must think its a good idea.
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@murky
I have both Crunch A Bunch and Bakerâs Delight. The name of the former is awful and not much improvement of the latter, either.
I usually donât have well-ripened Gold Rush. What I have I like but after at leat 1-2 months in storage. Otherwise it is too tart for me. If you like dense apple, you would prefer GRâs texture to Crunch A Bunch.
I prefer CaB because I can eat it right off the tree. It has good, balanced flavor and enough crunch without fear of hurting my teeth.
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I do like dense apples, but also like the crispness of Crunch A Bunch. Maybe the latter is slightly better to me but they both are good. Perhaps dense apples tend to do well in storage too.
I like them both a lot. I donât see CaB as a replacement for Goldrush, let alone a âversion of itâ as the nursery claims. I see it more a s a replacement for Honeycrisp or something, at least as they present in my area.
I am one of those who think CaB is a lighter version of GR. To me alone, CaB is a better version of GR where I can grow. If I could fully ripen GR, I may change my mind. At present, I can ripen CaB but rarely can with GR.
I like the crunch, the juiciness and a good balance of sweet and tart of CaB. Also, it has a good size apple, too. In general, a bit bigger than GR.
I have a Honey Crisp for 12 years now. CaB does not remind me of HC. That could be because when we have a lot of rain in the fall like this past year, HC became tasteless. Rain did not affect CaB as badly as it did HC. I still have some CaB in the fridge. It is nice to have good apples to eat while waiting for the first snow storm.
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If you like GoldRush light (CaB), have you gotten close to Sundance yet? I just planted one in '23, so it will be a while. The literature suggests it ripens a week earlier than GR & averages larger.
I have SunCrisp, another good one. It is a bit more tart than CaB.
I donât know if I need SunDance. It sounds similar to SunCrisp but ripens even later.
Sundance ripening a week before Gold Rush is iffy for me. Gold Rush hangs into mid Nov (still not fully ripen). Sundance may not ripen until early Nov here. By then, there is no heat to help improve its quality.
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@kxmotox247 Hey there - how does the Jon-a-red do as far as disease resistance? Do you spray your trees? Does it taste similar to Jonathan? Thanks