My favourite eating apples are Cox's Orange Pippins, but I don't know if you get those in the US. They are a pale green streaked with red, and they taste like a slightly sweeter version of a Granny Smith (which is my second favourite).

For baking or cooking, I usually use Bramleys, which are the classic English cooking apple.

Well..I used to just LOVE braeburn and fuji. Somehow, a few years ago around harvest time (this time of year in Wisconsin!), I went apple picking and tried a Gala apple. I was HOOKED!

My husband prefers granny smith for eating. I think he's weird. I like a little tartness, but not that much!

Has anyone ever cooked with Paula Red or Rome Beauty?

I love Granny Smiths - for regular eating and cooking. I like their crispness and tarness.

that bad!! I thought they were tasty. Yes, the children had a harder time, but it was just becuase they were not quite sure how to eat them. LOL :) I'm planning to try that recipe sometime, also the delicious cheesecake too. :)

~Tanya

My favorite eating apple is BY FAR a Pink Lady. The best for eating out of hand in my opinion.
I buy large bags from our organic co-op on a regular basis, but I have seen them in many larger grocery stores too. I'm so spoiled by their flavor and texture I have trouble eating any other kind!

I like Ida Reds, Granny Smith, and Golden Delicious for baking. The combination of firm, tart, and mushy, sweet works well totgether for pie, crisps, etc.

Honey Crisp are the absolute best eating apples! They charge more for them, too.:p I think I might get a tree next year. :)

Tough choice since you didnt specify if it was your favorite eating apple or baking apple. I choose gala though since that is what I perfer to eat. My kids like red delious and so I buy those in the bags. Usually they are small and perfect for them to eat. For baking though it is granny smith all the way.

We love all apples except red del. Too mushy!
For the last several months, I have bought a box of apples every month and they were gone in about 3 weeks. This month, I bought 2 because what was supposed to be Gala apples, had the texture of red del. and no one would eat them as is :-( -little spoiled- ;-)

I love to cook with grannies and winesap!

My Dh says he didn't even know there were different kinds of apples until he met me! ;-)
-Donna-
Just bought a box of Gala last night that came all the way out from your way!

A good apple in the Northeast is an Empire which is recommended for eating or baking although Rome and Cortland are better baking apples. An Empire is a cross between Red Delicious and something else. Picking apples at the orchards now and they are very good. Holly

I like Gala for eating AND cooking ~ but I find I have to add about a teaspoon of lemon juice for a bit of tartness when making baked apple dishes. I like how they get softer than granny smith apples do. MMMMmmm!

My husband likes Braeburn apples ~ a bit too "raw potatoey" for me.

My kids like MacIntosh ~ like fragrant applesauce in a skin!

Heatherj

I grew up surrounded by 30 acres of apple trees...Rome Beauty, MacIntosh, Winesap and Jonathon top my list. I don't like the newer varieties...25 years ago we had never heard of Fuji, Gala, or Granny Smith!

Honey crisp is my absolute favourite...so sweet and juicy..can't get enough of them in season!

i love pink lady apples

Northern Spy for baking.

Pink lady!

Honeycrisp!! It took a long time for our University (Minnesota) to develop this apple. So long, it seems to me that they even lost the records of the exact parentage. Anyway, we planted one some years ago & this year was the first year it fruited in any substantial way. We have three other trees: a Haralson, Haralred, & a Prairie Spy. The Spys are an excellent keeping apple. If I do things right, I can have some of this variety all the way into February with no blemishes. We love apples around here! :o)