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el diablo robotico ([personal profile] platypus) wrote2018-11-19 04:00 pm
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Apple review: Lucy Glo

These apples looked weird and sickly at first glance when I saw them in Sprouts, but the color grew on me -- yellow with a hint of almost neon orange. Then I looked them up online:



Whoa, cool.

Lucy Glo is one of two new "Lucy" apples, the other being Lucy Rose. Says their website:
Lucy™ Apples are grown in the heart of Central Washington by a small group of pioneering growers who are passionate about developing new varieties. Through countless years of research and development, they discovered they could grow a great tasting, pink-red interior apple.

Lucy™Apples are part Honeycrisp, which give them their sweet, tangy flavor and crunchy texture we all love. Lucy™Rose has a red skin and sweet berry notes in the flavor profile. Lucy™Glo has a gorgeous yellow skin that allows the red interior glow from within and is tangy with a hint of sweet.
Sounds great! I couldn't wait to try it.

Lucy Glo

I cut it in half first -- yep, it's pink inside! Neat.

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Verdict: NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED BY AN APPLE. "Tangy with a hint of sweet" should be right up my alley. Unfortunately, what it actually tastes like is "nothing, with a hint of watery apple." The dominant impression is bland and watery, faintly sweet. There was a barely detectable hint of tartness at the start, but it was gone before the apple was. The aftertaste isn't terrible -- it actually leaves a little lingering tanginess -- but that's the best I can say for it.

Buy again? Are you kidding? I got two, and I don't even want to eat the second one. Maybe they were handled badly -- this is another one from the beat-up stragglers bin at Sprouts. I suppose I'll try the other to see if it shows any more promise. But... meh.
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[personal profile] james 2018-11-20 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
I am enjoying your apple reviews - my partner and I in the last year or so have tried to experiment with apple varieties and are having a lot of fun with it. So reading your reviews has been very interesting (and rats are the best ever, so.)

My apple goal in life is to find more Strawberry Apples which are as good as they sound.
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[personal profile] nonelvis 2018-11-20 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I am coming to believe that any apple that is either a Honeycrisp or derived from it is never going to be my kind of apple. (I find Honeycrisp nearly as pointless as Red Delicious. Give me an Empire, Liberty, or Granny Smith any day.)

[personal profile] capalxii 2018-11-20 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I would want to keep eating those just because they're so pretty, but it sounds like total disappointment
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[personal profile] conuly 2018-11-20 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no!
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[personal profile] eve11 2018-11-20 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Boo! :(