Orin 94202 - organic

I stopped into my local organic market today and of course, checked out their apple selection, all the standard apples were there (gala, fuji, golden delicious, red delicious) but there were two other varieties, the Orin and the Aurora Golden Gala, that I have not seen before, and I've never tried them.

I ate an Orin today, it was nice. Upon biting into it, I noticed that the skin was really tough, but it had this interesting flavour, sweet and kind of like a golden delicious crossed with a pear.

It wasn't particularly tart, but it was crisp and juicy. Plus they are such a beautiful colour.

Ambrosia - 3438

This exact apple was DELICIOUS. It was honey sweet, crisp, and juicy. Breathing it in is heavenly as it's very aromatic and just an all around pleasant apple.

Ambrosia apples are a rather new variety of apple. A chance discovery in late 1990 at the Mennell Family Orchard in British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley in an area previously occupied by Red and Golden Delicious apples.

Since it is significantly sweeter then most apples, if you use Ambrosia apples in cooking, you can use less sugar then with a standard apple, and even less if replacing Granny Smith apples.

For more information Visit the Ministry of Agriculture in British Columbia or you can read BCtree Variety Fair: All About Ambrosia Apples (it is a PDF file.)