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"Those apples were really sour...but wonderful. I have always wished since for an apple that tasted like that, but never found one in a store."

And you won't find a really good apple in a store here down South. To find the apple you seek you will have to make a trip to Wisconsin or Minnesota in mid to late October and pick up some Haralson apples. Haralson is a "type" apple like Macintosh, Red Delicious(yuck,ptooie,nasty), Granny Smith, etc. are types.

Haralsons are like eating the most delicious apple you can think of soaked in lemon juice. They also make the best apple pies or crisps(sorry, too many carbs?). They are very hard to grow "pretty"---very finicky apples---but boy, are they worth it!

What apples we get in stores down here have been in CA(controlled atmosphere) storage for at least a year or so. Very bad on the texture and taste buds. In short, it ruins good apples. It can't ruin Red Delicious because they all start out ruined. :-) They sure are pretty, though. Use them as a centerpiece during the Holidays then toss them in the garbage!

Ex-apple orchard owner, Lakeside

Oh, yeah, I'm on Atkins, too!