Almost no color on these honeycrisps. No scent either.
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They look green and probably are. Also look to have been heavily shaded. Maybe too much water and too much nitrogen.
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Agreed. This store always has excellent produce - guess this is just what was available at this time.
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Looks like original Honeycrisp…not a more recent redder mutation.
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I didn’t know it started out less red. Could be. I’ve only seen it red
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Are the produce labels correct: Honey Crisp Apple 3283
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It said HC, i don’t recall number.
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3283 is the UPC code that the checker types into the till to bring up the correct amount; it’s also often printed on the little sticker that they put on bulk fruit. But it’s not an identifier of the particular type of honeycrisp - it’s for any and all HC that are checked out.
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According to plufinder.com,
3283 = Honeycrisp, large
3468 = Honeycrisp, small (I just noticed this label on my apple today)
Produce is often typed as to size or multiples (single, bunch, bundle, etc) and those have differing PLUs.
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True! IRRC regular Fujis are 4130 and the smaller ones are 4129. Or maybe that’s Galas, I can’t remember. There are a few things with more than one code -Red Delicious, for example. Evidently two systems were merged.
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What I found curious is that large apples <= 88 (count per carton?)
and small >= 100 count per carton.
What happens with the 89 to 99 counts?
When I worked with potato-sizing equipment, the (count) sizes per 30-pound carton were 100-90-80-70-60-50-“Baker” (anything larger than 50-count)
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Ha!
You probably got the ones grown and meant for sale in Washington state! 
That’s what we’ve come to expect.