They grow wild on my recreational property in SE Ohio. I have found a few in the middle of Ohio which seems the limit of their natural range here (pre climate change).
So I sampled as many apples in local orchards last fall over a couple months and assigned my purely subjective taste scores. I have to say I am jealous of the apple tasting out West Monterey Bay Apple Tasting 2022 – Rankings and Highlights (72 Apples) | California Rare Fruit Growers It would sure be nice to have a similar thing for different zones/regions since I believe from what I have read that the results would be different. I would be very interested in orchards which have some of the great apples that are not on the list.
Dates are date of orchard visit (not when they were picked). i know a number of these may be better if left to develop in the refrigerator. but…
8/3/2022
Lodi 2/10
yellow transparent 3/10
earligold 2/10
8/8/2022
centennial crab 8/10
8/13/2022]zestar 4.5/10
paula red 6.5/10
8/23/2022
sansa 6.0/10
burgundy 7.0/10
ginger gold 5.5/10
st. edmunds pippin 8.0/10
chenango strawberry 6.8/10
zestar 9.0/10
pink pearl 4.5/10
9/3/2022
hoycrisp 9.5/10 (i know a lot of you hate it)
tenty ounce 6.0/10
gala 7.0/10
summer rambo 7.0/10
sweetie 7.5/10
9/11/2022
blondie 7.2/10
red cortland 7.0/10
molly 6.8/10
9/24/2022
rubinola 7.0/10
jonatahn 6.8/10
mcintosh 9.0/10
rubinette 9.6/10
crimson crisp 6.0/10
crimson red 6.5/10
pixie crunch 5.5/10
rosalee 5.5/10
karmijn de sonnaville 10/10
ambrosia 8.0/10
jonagold 7.2/10
10/08/2022
grimes golden 7.0/10
king david 8.0/10
swiss gourmet 8.5/10
winter white pearmain 8.2/10
ermin bauer 7.0/10
cortland 7.0/10
pinosa 7.5/10
rhode island greening 6.0/10
crimson gold 7.9/10
holiday 7.0/10
shizuku 6.5/10
elstar 8.0/10
11/6/2022
winesap 8.1/10
northern spy 8.5/10
ambrosia 6.5/10
melrose 6.0/10 (grocery store in january here are much better)
ny248 7.5/10
pinklady 6.0/10
jonathan 8.0/10