Are there McIntosh apples in the Pacific NW?

[toadspittle]

I moved to Portland from Upstate NY this year. It’s now apple season … and I can’t find any Macs! Do they not grow them here? Are they for some reason unable to grow them here? Did the stupid Fuji and Empire apples just push them all out of the market? (Even the Farmer’s Market?)

[Johnny_L.A]

Well, I have an iMac…

This site says of Jonagold apples:

Nevertheless, this variety is the leading apple west of the Cascades in Washington State, and in British Columbia Jonagold challenges McIntosh as the number one variety.

This implies that there are McIntosh apples here, as they are popular in B.C.

From here:

The Wenatchee Valley and Spokane harvests include both Red and Golden Delicious, along with Gala, Rome and McIntosh.

[Johnny_L.A]

On the other hand, the Washington State Apple Commission does not have McIntosh apples on their website.

I suspect they were paid off by Bill Gates.

[koeeoaddi]

You’re in upstate New York and you’re missing Washington apples? :eek:

Try a Stayman Winesap, a nice crisp tasty Macoun, or if you want something really tart, try a R.I. Greening. The only time I ever regret living in the West is during apple season.

[Hello_Again]

@koeeoaddi

You’re in upstate New York and you’re missing Washington apples? :eek:

Try a Stayman Winesap, a nice crisp tasty Macoun, or if you want something really tart, try a R.I. Greening. The only time I ever regret living in the West is during apple season.

No, he moved TO Portland FROM New York.

[Pork_Rind]

@koeeoaddi

You’re in upstate New York and you’re missing Washington apples? :eek:

I believe you’ve got it backwards there. He/she moved to Portland.

[koeeoaddi]

@Hello Again

No, he moved TO Portland FROM New York.

Well then, … never mind.

:smack: :smack: :smack:

[Mister_Rik]

The Wenatchee Valley and Spokane harvests include both Red and Golden Delicious, along with Gala, Rome and McIntosh.

What I’ve heard here in Wenatchee (Apple Capital of the World, or so we claim), McIntosh orchards have been mostly pushed out by Fuji orchards over the last couple decades. I have no cite, other than what other locals have told me when I’ve asked this same question. I don’t know what the situation is in Yakima.

[JonScribe]

@toadspittle

… Did the stupid Fuji and Empire apples just push them all out of the market? (Even the Farmer’s Market?)

Don’t be ragging on the Fuji. I suggest you give a Jonagold a try. Or a Braeburn. And for a fruit salad, cut up some Pink Pearls.

But if you must disparage an apple, hurl your disgust upon the Red Delicious, which surely sprang from a pile of horse apples.

[Taters]

I just bought some McIntosh apples at Safeway last week. I don’t live in Portland, though. I live about 30 miles south of Seattle.

To be honest, thought, it’s a rarity to see them there.

[Subterraneanus]

@koeeoaddi

You’re in upstate New York and you’re missing Washington apples? :eek:

Try a Stayman Winesap, a nice crisp tasty Macoun, or if you want something really tart, try a R.I. Greening. The only time I ever regret living in the West is during apple season.

Um, there are more apples in any randomly-selected warehouse/cannery in Wenatchee or Yakima than there are in the entire state of New York.

[Hello_Again]

@Subterraneanus

Um, there are more apples in any randomly-selected warehouse/cannery in Wenatchee or Yakima than there are in the entire state of New York.

?? New York is the second-largest Apple-producing state in the US
http://www.nyapplecountry.com/ednyfactsheet07.htm

Admittedly it does produce about 1/4 of Washington State apple output. But hey - -don’t be a hater.
http://www.agribusiness-mgmt.wsu.edu/AgbusResearch/docs/apple/WAFTAappendix_figures.pdf
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