Best Fruits

Cafe Society
1

Whenever I have a really good piece of fruit I think nothing could be better in the world.
Here are my suggestions. I can’t decide on the best

Honey Dew
Watermelon
Peaches
Clementines
White seedless grapes
Honey Tangerines
Oranges

Berries: Too expensive, usually need sweetening and/or dairy
Pears: Can be great but just as often uninspiring, and hard to have two or three
Bananas: Not Juicy
Nectarines: Should be as good as peaches but they just aren’t, at least not lately.
Cantalope: Not as good as honeydew and prone to rotting and/or tasting strange

2

Peaches
White seedless grapes
Honey Dew
Cantaloupe
Watermelon

Strawberries
Blackberries
Winesap apples

3

Apricots make my list, as do certain cultivars of apples.

Peaches, though, definitely. Freestone.

Which reminds me, is anybody working on a freestone mango? 'Cos that would bs awesome.

4

I haven’t had a decent peach in years. :frowning:

Watermelon
Lychee
Rambutan
Cherries
Figs
Clementines
Apples

5

Cherries
Clemintines
Watermelon
White seedless grapes
Apples (Pink Lady and Honeycrisp are my favorite varieties; never ever Red Delicious or similar)
Pears (if you can get a good one)
Kiwi

6

Cherries
Plums
Peaches from a farm stand, NOT a supermarket.
Pick-your-own Apples
Clementines
Asian pears
Pineapple

7

Cherries, the candy of fruits!
tree ripened peaches, hard to find outside of pick-your-own orchards
blueberries
blackberries, picked in a bit of untended land in Tennessee
blood oranges
certain cultivars of apple
red pears
I want to include homegrown vine ripened tomatoes because they are a fruit but I am sure the OP didn’t mean to include them! I do assure you they are sublime, however.

8

Large navel oranges (4012s)
Apricots
Bartlett pears
Opal apples
Champagne mangos
Strawberries
Grapefruit

9

We live in the middle of fruit country. In season and local right now:

peaches (waiting for the Sweet Sue II freestones to can)
nectarines
marionberries
blackberries
blueberries
raspberries
tayberries
cherries (red and rainier)
apricots
Coming soon:
apples and pears

10

I have to give my rabbit pineapple, so I nick a chunk fairly often. A good piece of piney apple–the aroma gets up in the sinuses; better than wintergreen or peppermint. Yowzah!

11

I forgot to say: a seasonal juicy Macintosh apple. Got have a slightly pinkish cast somewhere on it. (No other apples for me)

12

If they were free, I’d eat mangosteens every day.

13

A good honeydew is outstanding, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve grown to appreciate the more complex flavor of the North American “cantaloupe.”

Kiwi is awesome.

I like a good old-fashioned McIntosh apple, peeled (I find their skin excessively thick).

14

Peaches from local farmer’s market.
Fresh pineapple
mango
cherries
watermelon, local and in season
granny smith apples

15

There are strawberries, and there are other fruits that aren’t quite as good. I could eat them every day.

16

They are finicky fruits. Lots of the ones listed are. These lists are certainly going to be different if you assume peak quality and ripeness or if you assume typical grocery store quality. E.g. I’ve had more than my share of crunchy, cucumber-like honeydew.

17

I had a fantastic peach yesterday!!! Juice running down my arm, so aromatic it made my eyes roll back…sweet and tangy…oh, I forgot the tangy part of a good peach!!! It’s just like tasting heaven.

And yes, this one came off someone’s home tree, and yes, some squishy bits had to be cut out first, but oh my gods was it worth it! I’m hoping maybe there’s one left I can snag this morning and share with my daughter, who honestly has never tasted a “real” peach in her whole 10 years of life.

I’m giddy.

18

Grapefruit (pink)
Oranges
Pineapple
Lemons

Yes. I eat lemons like I eat oranges. I’m sure everyone now thinks I’m some kind of citrus freak. :smiley:

19

Apples, in descending order:

  1. King David
  2. Winesap
  3. Grimes Golden

King Davids are just awesome. I could eat a dozen a day.
The problem is that I only know of one orchard in central IN where I can get #1 and #2.

20

Apples - Honeycrisp or Fuji. I like them slightly sweet, with a good bite
Cherries - Bing
Apricots - Fresh from the farmer’s market - little nuggets of perfection
Raspberries and Strawberries - fresh picked and warm from the sun
Peaches - Red Haven
Plums and Pluots
Casaba Melon
Watermelon
Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit
Muscatine Melons