Apple review: Macoun
Feb. 21st, 2020 02:45 pmA classic apple I hadn't had a chance to try yet (thanks, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nonelvis!).
Adam gave it a rare three-star rating ("exceptional apple, worth a quest") and says it's his favorite eating apple. "Macoun tastes wonderful--a nice sweet-tart balance with hints of strawberries, plus spice and floral notes. The fruit's wine-like acidity swims thrillingly in the river of these flavors. Macoun's distinctive savor lingers like a cool drink and elevates this apple to the first rank. Eating one is a treat."
(Also, in the comments section, even Adam is impressed with Weston's Antique Apples in Wisconsin! I really must get there this fall.)
Verdict: I lack Adam's discerning palate, or perhaps it's just the late season; it was a little watery, and the sweetness and tartness were both rather muted. I did notice the strawberry/floral notes, so go me. It was certainly a good apple, and of course I'd choose it over anything with a familial relation to Honeycrisp, but it hasn't unseated Lady Alice as my current favorite.
Buy again? I'll try it again if I see one, especially if I can get fresh ones from Weston's this fall. I'm unlikely to see it in any other context!
nonelvis!). Adam gave it a rare three-star rating ("exceptional apple, worth a quest") and says it's his favorite eating apple. "Macoun tastes wonderful--a nice sweet-tart balance with hints of strawberries, plus spice and floral notes. The fruit's wine-like acidity swims thrillingly in the river of these flavors. Macoun's distinctive savor lingers like a cool drink and elevates this apple to the first rank. Eating one is a treat."
(Also, in the comments section, even Adam is impressed with Weston's Antique Apples in Wisconsin! I really must get there this fall.)
Verdict: I lack Adam's discerning palate, or perhaps it's just the late season; it was a little watery, and the sweetness and tartness were both rather muted. I did notice the strawberry/floral notes, so go me. It was certainly a good apple, and of course I'd choose it over anything with a familial relation to Honeycrisp, but it hasn't unseated Lady Alice as my current favorite.
Buy again? I'll try it again if I see one, especially if I can get fresh ones from Weston's this fall. I'm unlikely to see it in any other context!
