rank the fruits

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 04:57 PM

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

Griff · 08-12-2013, 05:04 PM

I say

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

Chocolatl · 08-12-2013, 06:11 PM

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.

Clodfobble · 08-12-2013, 06:16 PM

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.

orthodoc · 08-12-2013, 06:29 PM

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.

Chocolatl · 08-12-2013, 07:05 PM

And no love for the humble lemon?

lumberjim · 08-12-2013, 07:14 PM

Ever try salt on your honeydew?

Yummy

The concord grape is the noblest of fruits.

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 07:28 PM

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

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 07:28 PM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2013, 07:52 PM

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

monster · 08-12-2013, 09:54 PM

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

Griff · 08-13-2013, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

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.

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.

orthodoc · 08-13-2013, 06:50 AM

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.

glatt · 08-13-2013, 07:17 AM

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

They write award winning books about them.
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glatt · 08-13-2013, 07:26 AM

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

08-12-2013, 04:57 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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

08-12-2013, 06:16 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	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. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-12-2013, 06:29 PM	#5
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	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. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-12-2013, 07:14 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Ever try salt on your honeydew? Yummy The concord grape is the noblest of fruits. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-12-2013, 07:52 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ripe Honeydew is pure ambrosia. Unfortunately the Honeydew passes from under ripe to rotten in minutes, always in the dark, always while you sleep. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-12-2013, 05:04 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I say 1. Blackberry 2. Blueberry 3. Banana 4. Nectarine 5. Pomegranate 6. Grape 7. Cantaloupe 8. Apple 9. Watermelon 10. Orange __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-12-2013, 06:11 PM	#3
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	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.

08-12-2013, 07:05 PM	#6
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	And no love for the humble lemon?

08-12-2013, 07:28 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Honeydew, the name makes it sound better than it is. Pomegranate needs marketing assistance. Terrible name.

08-12-2013, 09:54 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-13-2013, 06:50 AM	#13
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	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. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-13-2013, 07:17 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry guys. Your blueberries all suck. Wild blueberries from Maine are the best. Bar none. They write award winning books about them.

08-13-2013, 07:26 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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

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