Pomiferous: The most extensive apples (pommes) database

samch•about 4 hours ago

Nice database (got a brief glimpse before it was hugged to death). Personally, I’ve always really liked this apple rating site (no affiliation):

https://applerankings.com/

grebc•about 4 hours ago

This is hilarious thank you.

I used to work for some growers on various bits of custom systems and some of those fruit names were their big sellers.

mapt•about 3 hours ago

Some of these are a moving target.

https://www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycrisp-apples-went-from-...

grebc•about 3 hours ago

Yeah, consumers and growers are silly in their own ways which lead to this.

Consumers want the same fruit all year round even though growing fruit(or any plant/vegetable) is very region & season specific.

Growers are big cargo cultists when they see a particular crop getting attention they all rush in. The past 5 years has seen record planting of avocado crops in Australia that now the growers either rip them out or have to sell the farm.

Just enjoy a delicious tasty snack in the appropriate season, and if it’s not on the shelf when you go to the shop then find another in season delicious tasty snack.

JohnMakin•about 3 hours ago

I think it's region dependent and how they travel. A store near me has "organic" ones that are huge and can be 1+ lbs and are very sweet, crisp, and juicy. Then I've seen big box stores selling them by the bag and they're hit or miss but sometimes terrible.

wxw•about 2 hours ago

A lot of fruits seem to have their varietal information flattened out by the time they get to market (i.e. a yellow peach is just a peach yet there are many kinds of yellow peaches).

Apples have not, and I think that's great.

Is this because other fruit varietals are generally not significantly different? Is there some special sauce behind apple distribution?

dsecurity49•about 4 hours ago

It’s refreshing to see a site that’s just a database without five popups asking for a newsletter subscription. Just pure, unadulterated pomology

FarmerPotato•about 3 hours ago

pomiferous looks like a labor of love. Labor is finite.

I use this site for many years: https://www.orangepippin.com

TechSquidTV•about 4 hours ago

Ha! I very recently started something for peppers (Capsicum) https://pepperrank.com/

mapt•about 3 hours ago

Data quality on Scoville is unfortunately garbage; Testing is expensive and both individual plants and individual growers/fields are highly variable, so nearly everyone is playing 'telephone' making subjective claims in relation to "known" standard varieties which are also usually subjective claims.

"Slightly hotter than a Jalapeno" means very little when a Jalapeno is anywhere from 3,000 scoville to 60,000 scoville.

philipkglass•about 3 hours ago

How expensive is testing now? It looks like the standard method is HPLC analysis of capsaicinoids. I found old forum posts from about 10 years ago indicating $50-$65 per test from providers including SBL, which doesn't sound bad, but I don't know if prices have gone up recently.

mcdonje•about 3 hours ago

Why are you making my screen look dirty? lol

bigbuppo•about 4 hours ago

I read that wrong at first.

bcatanzaro•about 2 hours ago

OMG

tzot•about 3 hours ago

I blame font keming for that.

moralestapia•about 4 hours ago

500 error. Hope it comes back online soon, I really want to see this one!

Pomiferous: The most extensive apples (pommes) database

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