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Garden Master
I don't know a lot about apples but, I am agreeing with your neighbor, Journey .journey11 said:. . . golden delicious . . . . My neighbor says they make the best pies, but I've never tried using them for anything other than eating plain.
We use my mom's apple pie recipe and it calls for Golden Delicious. There are lots of reasons to make and eat something and using Mom's recipe is one of them .
Taste is subjective, of course. There are about 10 Honey Crisp apples on the table right now. We've also bought Gravensteins and Gala so far this year. There may have been Braeburns and there will probably be some Fujis. Subjective tastes? I will say that if Granny Smiths were the only apple in the market, I'd probably stop eating apples altogether. That almost goes for Red Delicious, too. Why Red & Golden have similar names, I have no idea. It seems to me that Goldens almost start out mellow. Not really over-ripe, altho' it wouldn't surprise me if some folks consider them so. Anyway, they cook very easily into a flavorful pie filling .
By the way, I don't consider the Northern Spy especially good for pies. In fact, what I really like it for is applebutter but I remember that the reason I bought that variety - because it was supposed to be a good keeper. I didn't find it to be especially so, didn't care for it fresh and didn't find it to be all that great for pie. There were a few years in which the apples didn't have much use but you know, after several decades, ingenuity kicks in .
Steve
Washington State U - Apple Varieties