This might also help people find better versions of fruits they may not otherwise enjoy
Honeycrisp or fuji apples. Cara cara oranges. Meyer lemons. Still undecided on the cotton candy grapes.
I’m on Team Honeycrisp 100%, even though they always cost more.
IIRC the University of Minnesota’s patent expired a few years ago. I can usually get them for the same price as fujis and pink ladies.
Sindhri Mangoes
Nendran bananas
Ataulfo mangoes. At least in the northeast US, they are reliably delicious and ripen on the counter.
Cortland apples
del Monte gold pineapple. I bought it when they were out of my regular canned pineapple and now I can’t go back
What color pineapple were you eating before?
del Monte gold is a specific strain of pineapple. there are over a hundred varieties
We get these fresh here, and wow I agree, these are so sweet and flavorful. Even if they don’t look as ripe as the other ones they taste better, you can smell them when you approach the display.
I mix the juice with seltzer water
Green apples.
Ambrosia apples (the big ripe ones, not the small ones that I could swear are counterfeit Gala).
Ataulfo mangoes. Yellow. Small. Delicious.
Spanish mandarin oranges. Easy to peel, delicious. Other oranges can’t hold shade to this one.
Forelle pears. Fragrant, juicy… Bartlett pears will seem like cardboard after having these.
Sungold kiwi. Not only are they sweet, but the skin is thinner and has no hairs, so you can just wash them and eat them whole.
Acorn Squash, 1 hour at 400f, split oiled with a bit of brown sugar in them
Depending on my mood I go butter and brown sugar, or olive oil, garlic, and Parmesan.
Fuji apples
Care Care oranges
Prince William Pears. They’re so sweet and juicy!! So juicy it always dribbles down my chin when I take a bite.
Pink Lady apples or bust
I bust for the pink lady
Lychee fruit is wonderful. Also pomelos, but they are hideously expensive now.
Chuoi cau bananas (monkey banana) from Vietnam. It didn’t really matter what type I had over there, they beat any banana I’d had thru my entire life.
Cara cara oranges. Honey crisp apples. Alphonso mangos. Vidalia onions (not a fruit tho)
Cara cara oranges are so special and yummy.
Ojai pixie tangerines are amazing. Sweet, juicy, easy to peel, not too much pith, and a wonderful flavor. Every year when they’re in season, I go nuts eating them.
Thomcord grapes (Thompson x Concord hybrid) are amazing. They taste like grape jelly if grape jelly wasn’t sickly sweet. They’ve also got a mild tart bite to them that I love. I can never find them anywhere most of the time but I always snatch one up when I see it.
