LIFE & CULTURE
Seven apple-picking tips from the guy behind Apple Rankings
The quality on his F100 rating scale can range from ‘Criminal Malfeasance’ to ‘The Fabled ‘Immaculate Apple’
IN 2016, Brian Frange’s favourite fruit was “probably a grape or a mango”. Then one day, at a Whole Foods in New York, he stumbled on a SweeTango apple for the first time. Curious, he tried it.
He was infuriated by how good it was.
“I felt betrayed that apples like the SweeTango could exist, and I was being forced to eat trash,” he said. “And that’s when I vowed to spread the word about different varieties of apples.”