Posted on 06/07/2005 11:31:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
America's most common apple also may be its most potent. Just don't skimp on the skin.
Concord, NH -- A Canadian government study that measured the levels of antioxidants in eight varieties of apples found that Red Delicious contain the highest concentrations of the health enhancing chemicals.
And to get the most bang for your bite, be sure to eat the peel.
The skin of Red Delicious apples, the most common variety grown in the United States, contains over six times more antioxidant activity than the flesh, according to researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
But don't swear off other varieties just yet.
Though antioxidants are believed to help ward off certain diseases, more research is needed to determine whether quantity alone counts. The study did not consider whether antioxidants in some apples may be better absorbed than others.
I like Fuji's
Ditto!
Most of the red delicious apples you buy today are practically tasteless, and the skins taste terrible.
All the best apples get shipped to Japan anyhow, the way I understand it. The prices they bring there are unbelievable.
Red Delicious Most Nutritious
But McIntosh are best, by gosh!
They're my favorite.
fuji's are one of my lifes new found pleasures.
They're my favorite, too!
MacIntosh are the best.
Fuji for sweetness, and Granny Smith for that tart taste.
Red Delicious are way too mushy and leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Have you ever tried a Pink Lady? They are my new favorite apple.
That's my favorite, too.
I don't even want to get into what's happening to the flavor and texture of many of the fruits we grew up on and loved.....I'd just go into the mother of all rants.
I like the new Pink Lady variety for eating out of hand and for my Waldorf salads. One is perched in my fruit bowl right now, looking at me and knowing it's days are numbered.
Leni
Getr heirloom apples. Or apples from farmers' markets. Or even some organic apples. Or a tree. They haven't been bred so much.
The study also name Spie apples, an old (and vanishing) variety that is superb for pies. I wonder if they studied the old-fashioned Transparent apple. Sure, they're hard to pick [joke] but they make the best applesauce there is. Commercially they pose a problem because they bear heavily every other year, and have a much lighter yield the others.
I buy Fuji and Royal Gala, a few Golden Delicious.
When I lived in Mossyrock Washington my neighbor had a Chehalis apple tree in his orchard. Those grew huge and were yummy to eat fresh off of the tree or bake into a pie. Perfect texture and sweetness and tartness .... Nothing like
them in the stores.
There's a variety called 'York Red' available here in Central Pa. for only a few weeks each year. They make Red Delicious taste like thin sugar water.
Gala is my favorite eating apple.
Thanks, I'd not heard of that one. Of course, there are more than 5000 varieties of Apple...
Chehalis:
http://www.cumminsnursery.com/disease.htm#CHEHALIS
Snow Apple (Fameuse):
http://www.tree-mendus.com/apple_pics/s_z/pages/Snow-Apple-(Fameuse).htm
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