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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’

    • Brian Frange believes that it’s unfair to rank an apple based on trying it once from only one season. Instead, he buys two batches of apples a season apart. “You need the cycles,” he said.
    • Brian Frange believes that it’s unfair to rank an apple based on trying it once from only one season. Instead, he buys two batches of apples a season apart. “You need the cycles,” he said. PHOTO: NYTIMES
    Published Sat, Sep 14, 2024 · 05:00 AM

    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.”

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