I ate apples when I was young because the cafeteria at school served them and because my mom would buy them. I stopped eating apples when I went to college because I realized they were quite expensive and not really tasty. Plus, you can eat a banana during a lecture without making too much noise or mess.
I recently got interested in apples because of a trending video I saw on YouTube. Inspired by the content of the video, I looked into apples. When you google “how many varieties of apples are out there,” the first link that shows up is from the University of Illinois Extension. Apparently, there are 7,500 varieties of apples and 2,500 of those varieties grow in the United States. I knew that there were many different types of apples but I did not know that there are that many varieties.
I decided to try different types of apples just like Jaiden did in her YouTube video. I wanted to try something I had never tried before and I did not want to start this research project off on a bad note, so I went for honeycrisp apples. People rate them highly and they are expensive, so they must be good, right?
I got two honeycrisp apples with different PLU codes. I am not sure if the different numbers make a difference. The stickers tell us how that fruit was grown. Four numbers on both apples mean that they were conventionally grown. Even though these apples are not organic, they still cost $1.99/lb at Sprouts Farmers Market.
Review: The Chelan apple was less crispy and more tart than the other apple. I enjoyed the crispiness of these apples but I got sick of the sweet taste after two slices of each. This apple research project is going to take me a long time to complete if I have to take three days to finish two apples…