I'll put together a spreadsheet and update it as we go, I'll host it on my blog here: Apple References Page

Limit is 2 votes/entries per member.
Its recommended that you vote for your customer's favorite, if applicable, and your favorite if its different.

Please use this template to fill out the information:

Scion Name:
Scion Growing Zone: Where you had/grow the apple, USDA Zone 5a, 6b, 7 etc.
Harvest Date: i.e. Early/Mid/Late September/October etc.
Flavor: (Sweet, Aromatic, Acid, Subacid, Tart)
Utility: (Cook, Eat, Cider)
Keeper: (Cold store, keeps past December?) Yes/No
Customer Favorite: Yes/No
Additional Notes:

-Eric
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Not arguing with the results of that thread at all, I think we could put something together here that could help backyard and orchard growers make better decisions about apple varieties based on a few more required criteria. Especially with an indicated USDA zone.

Apple varieties have the tendency to grow best under certain conditions. I think you'll see the cream rise to the top again, just with more information.

I know you came up with the point system, but that may be unfair to certain varieties since its such a small sample of people's opinions.

Aim here is, simply, this is what grows best where I am, and is a favorite of others with a reliability factor involved.

All the names of the most famous apples were being tested.

Our climate just destroyed any cold climate apples.
I had to travel to get a good appreciation of cold climate apples.

I still never found anything as good as a good Sundowner.
You could grow Sundowner a fair way south in California I imagine, use Granny Smith as a pollinator, load the Sundowner up with crop, stress it a bit with a big crop.
Crikey I miss my orchard!!