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| Eating | Pies | Flavor | salad | Sauce | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland | E | E | tr | E+ | G |
| Fuji | x | x | s | G | |
| Gala | E | E | s tr | G | E+ |
| Golden Delicious | E | G | s | E | E |
| Granny Smith | G | tr | x | ||
| Gravenstein | E+ | tr | G | ||
| MacIntosh | E | F | sp tr | G | |
| Red Delicious | E | s | E | ||
| Rome | x | ||||
| Winesap | x | x | s | G |
 Courtland | ||
 Fuji | ||
 Gala | ||
 Golden Delicious | ||
 Granny Smith | ||
 Gravenstein | ||
 McIntosh | ||
 Red Delicious | ||
 Rome | ||
 Winesap |
Flavor - s-sweet, sp-spicy, tn-tangy, tr-tart
1. Some people like MacIntosh for Pies
Equivalents: Three medium apples weigh about one pound. One medium apple yields about one cup of slices.
Source: The Apple Lover's Cookbook: Amy Traverso at The Splendid Table
FoodSubs.com makes a distinction between pies and baking:
Best for pies: Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, Rhode Island Greening, Pippin, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Gravenstein
Best for baking: Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland, Winesap
Links:
Baking with Apples at Allrecipes
Cook's Thesaurus: Apples
Apple Varieties - Frootogo
All About Apples at GreenHouseGardner.com
Apple recipes here