rank the fruits
 

Gawker says

1. Blueberry
2. Mango
3. Peach
4. Cherry
5. Banana
6. Watermelon
7. Lime
8. Pomegranate
9. Orange
10. Kiwi

I say

1. Strawberry
2. Peach
3. Blueberry
4. Watermelon
5. Cherry
6. Grape
7. Pear
8. Apple
9. Lime
10. Orange

I say

1. Blackberry
2. Blueberry
3. Banana
4. Nectarine
5. Pomegranate
6. Grape
7. Cantaloupe
8. Apple
9. Watermelon
10. Orange

I think we can all agree that honeydew is the lowest of the low, and is nothing but filler in the fruit salads of life.

AMEN! Honeydew is not even a fruit, as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather eat vegetables.

Grape, peach, and mango also have no place on my hierarchy.

Agree! Honeydew, bleh!

But where are the raspberries? Won't somebody think of the raspberries? They should be #2, right after blueberries. And very closely followed by peaches. Then apples, and ... everything except melons.

And no love for the humble lemon?

Ever try salt on your honeydew?

Yummy

The concord grape is the noblest of fruits.

Honeydew, the name makes it sound better than it is. Pomegranate needs marketing assistance. Terrible name.

In fact if you put honey and dew on honeydew it would improve it.

Ripe Honeydew is pure ambrosia. Unfortunately the Honeydew passes from under ripe to rotten in minutes, always in the dark, always while you sleep.

Blueberries are NASTY unless picked wild in the UP of Michigan. Those Incredibly hulking Impostors in the stores should be forced to take another name. Like Yuckberries.

Raspberries
Lemons
Oranges
Grapefruit
Kiwifruit
Clementines
Plums
Pineapple
Grapes

We have excellent wild blueberries here as well. I have tame bushes that are way better than those oversize suckers. I think the blueberry breeders almost screwed up as badly as the strawberry folks. Wild strawberries are absolute dynamite. We're lucky with berries because Danny Wegman's buyers do a particularly good job keeping the right varieties on the shelf.

Northern Ontario wild blueberries are the best - I have memories of visiting relatives on the aptly-named Blueberry Island and all of us kids being able to gorge ourselves on the incredibly delicious berries. Now you need to take out a mortgage to buy a decent-sized basket from a roadside stand.

Sorry guys. Your blueberries all suck. Wild blueberries from Maine are the best. Bar none. :p:

They write award winning books about them.
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And apples is a difficult category to place in the ranks. There are apples and then there are apples. An apple can absolutely suck (red delicious comes to mind) or be nothing special (macintosh) or be outstanding (a nice crisp fresh gala.) The age and variety make a HUGE difference.

glatt's list

1 - blueberries
2 - good apple
3 - raspberry
4 - peach
5 - grapes (again, there are good grapes and sour grapes)
6 - oranges
7 - pear (difficult to find a good one, but when they are good, they are great)
8 - banana
9 - strawberry (not one of those frankenberry ones)
10 - durian