In the winter of new apple varietites (see bottom for list) to try, you can now add the Lady Alice apple to the list. The Lady Alice has an interesting story behind it. It was discovered by Don Emmons in his farm outside of Gleed, Washington. In the year 1979, he was culivating his orchard, when a disc from this plow hit at the bottom of a red delicious tree. The tree send out another branch which did not look like the rest of the tree. The fruit it would go on to produce was also very different than a red delicious. This new variety was thus created by accident, so the actual parents of this apple are a mystery. Upon looking at the apple it has some yellow patches that look like a Golden Delicious.
So now onto the important part, the taste. It is a sweet apple with just a hint of tartness. I felt it tasted much like a honeycrisp, just not as crispy, but still quite crisp. It’s great for out of hand eating. I haven’t used in any baking applications, so I don’t know how it would work for that. They recently became available at Kroger, Meijer, and Whole Foods stores in the Great Lakes area.
For your viewing pleasure I included a video below about this amazing apple:
Check out this page to learn more about the newest apple varieties on the market.
You might also want to mention that this variety doesn’t turn brown very quickly. I’ve sliced them up in the morning, sent them to school in my daughter’s lunch, and what she doesn’t eat comes home looking almost like it did when I first cut it.