Lady Alice Apple Review
"A Perfectly Nice Lady"
This non-playable character of an apple, spawned by a freak accident involving a tractor blade and a Red Delicious tree (not a joke), is an unremarkable background extra with no distinguishable qualities beyond a mildly interesting Victorian-Era sticker. Confusingly named “Lady Alice”, since this apple has nothing to do with the much more famous Pink Lady, Alice has a middling candy-like sweetness, a skin that won’t offend, and a juiciness that’ll have to do, I guess. Alice is a perfectly nice lady, but like an office colleague who sits somewhere over there, you will forget this apple’s name in the elevator even though it may have joined you for lunch on multiple occasions.
- FLAVOR PROFILE -
SWEETNESS
3/5
TARTNESS
1.5/5
INTENSITY
2.5/5
LADY ALICE BIO
PARENTAGE
Red Delicious x Unknown
ORIGIN
Gleed, Washington – USA
YEAR
1979
AVAILABILITY
Late Fall – Early Spring
BEST USES
Winter Apple, Baking
Eat These Apples Instead
- Pink Lady Apples
- Wild Twist Apples
- Pacific Rose Apples
I definitely prefer Lady Alice apples to Lady Lady apples, at least the ones my Canadian grocery store sells. LA are consistently crisp while PL are softer and less flavourful. To each his own!
You are biased. This is a great apple type and it is not available that often. Your writing is rubbish just like one of the other commenter said.
I just had an Organic Lady Alice for the first time today and it was fantastic! Crisp and tart, but a bit sweet at the same time. It was so delicious I picked through my trash to find the label so I could buy it again. 5/5 stars.
Nice! I’ll try to find some more
Wait you picked through trash disgusting
I can’t think of a more tasteless metaphor for what a bloody apple tastes like. The apple is great, but your writing here is rubbish.
Yeah, it’s pretty degrading and sours the otherwise entertaining variety of descriptions on the site.
Yeah – you’re probably right. I’ll write a new one
Apparently the tester had a poor quality Lady Alice. It is true that they are not always superb when older but a good Lady Alice is one of my top apples. I love trying new apples. I always get 2 apples whenever I see a new variety I haven’t tried before so I have tried a lot of varieties. With Lady Alice I fill a bag and then come back for more. The thing not even mentioned is typically have had a touch of spiced apple pie flavor to me. At the end of their season they definitely start to seem a bit more regular but if you are ranking apples it would make sense to have them fresh and try some from several apples.
I also got that spiced apple flavor. Delicious apples.
I wish I could find these apples again! The reviewer probably works for the Cosmic Crisp Cartel…Lady Alices are really a wonderful bite. One of my tops. When I quit smoking I started being able to taste again and went on a whole voyage of apple testing. I found Lady Alices to be my platonic ideal of what a perfect apple is. She may not jump out at you with anything flashy, but the flesh is crisp and flavourful and the skin is delicately perfumed. Great balance between sweet & tart. Does that means she’s the Plain Jane in the corner? If you say so, but she’s also the girl I’m bringing home to Mama, and waking up next to every morning. Not to be missed!
Couldn’t agree more. Love and crave Lady Alice!
Love the Lady Alice Apple!! Was excited to get them at Whole Foods this week. Hope they have them from Fall through Spring.
This review is pretty aggressive. The apple was named after one of the owners of the Orchard that produces these.
You need a taste bud refurb, mate. This apple is nicely textured with a wonderful sweet tart balance.
I really like lady Alice, I also enjoy pink lady, cosmic crisp, and red delicious, u also had some of these yellow apples, they were delicious as well, I forget their name. Right now my favorite is lady Alice, might change in the future.
I had my first this year, and not only was the flavor complex and pleasant, I was fascinated by the texture….
This is a bizarre comparison, but it’s what I imagine lightly dampened floral foam might be like when I watch asmr videos involving it.
It was crisp but juicy,
Very dense yet very airy.
I haven’t had another apple with that specific texture.
Two thumbs up, absolutely would buy again
Flavor is pretty good. Nice balance of sweet n tart. But it’s just too damn hard. It’s unpleasantly hard. Better than a cripps pink. But not better than a pink lady.
Boooo. This guy is giving low ratings just to keep all the lady Alice for himself. Pink lady is gross btw
lol, I’m going to have to agree with the other comments here. Lady Alice is a great apple. Maybe you had a bad one, idk? This wont make sense to anyone as a positive trait, but I find there’s something woodsy about it? Earthy maybe. Can almost taste the orchard. Idk. But it’s unique and I love this apple. I pick some up whenever I see them in the store.
Totally agree that it’s an undistinguished apple, but of course so much variation is possible in one kind of apple. I got some Cosmic Crisps from Whole Foods — organic — they were amazing. Then I got more a week later — much larger — and not as good. Still quite good tho. My organic Lady Alice apples — 2 of them to try out — and felt the same way you did — “an unremarkable background extra with no distinguishable qualities” — But who knows, maybe I got some duds.
Great apple. Would buy again!
Your review is funny and definitely your perspective which is the point of a review. I’m disheartened to read all the rude and negative comments from people who don’t have a sense of humor. I myself love the tart crunchy Lady Alice apples available this year. Thanks for this website!
Lady Alice are far better than Pink Lady in every respect. They don’t have strong flavor in the sweetness to tartness scale, but they have a beautiful floral flavor and aroma that makes it one of my three favorite apple varieties along with their superior texture and skin.
The Lady Alice is a fine apple, however when you search for a ‘Pacific Rose’ apple it redirects to this page despite the two apples having many differences. Pacific Rose apples are larger, less dense and far sweeter.
Who up playing with their Lady Alice right now
Lady Alice is an amazing, full flavored and perfectly textured apple. It has complex flavors that outshine simple apple sweetness, like the “holy” Honeycrisp which is just boring sweetness (albeit nice texture).
A key fact about Lady Alice is that it develops its flavor profile only after a properly executed storage protocol, which I believe is several months long. A freshly picked Lady Alice is probably about as boring as Honeycrisp. The growers should not be releasing a fresh Lady Alice to the marketplace.
Such a lovely apple the Lady Alice apple is. Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one.
I love a good Cripps Pink Lady apple. It’s my go-to. They’ll still be my go-to when the Lady Alice apples run out. I like the crisp flesh. The flavor has notes of calvados / apple brandy. It’s really lovely.
When I happened onto these Lady Alice apples at the Whole Foods the other day, I picked up a sack of them. I figured if I didn’t like them to eat fresh, I’d chop them up, then freeze the slices for some muffins. I’ve eaten half of the 6 in a couple of days. Lucky me!
I will have to trek back to Whole Foods for more before they run out. Fingers crossed Fresh Thyme Market will have them, too.
It is clear you either got a bad apple or just have a bad palate because I’ve never had a Lady Alice that isn’t tart. The 1.5/5 tartness is a dead giveaway that you got a bad sample, without getting into the other basics that don’t track.
I picked up two organic from Whole Foods (in December). They were surprisingly very good. I tend to prefer the complexity of the sweet/tart apples. These were very sweet. However even with their more sigular sweet note they had an interesting fruity flavor. Hard to put my finger on it but maybe a little like apple juice. I didnt detect any tartness in the two i tried. Crispness was between a honeycrisp and a red delicious. I’d say much less dense than Pink Lady but still crisp. Had some slight brusing and i doubt it would be good for salads as it would brown immediately. Overall it was a very interesting apple. Also kids would love the sweetness of this apple.
As context my top apples are Goldrush and SweetTango. I will
Had my first Lady Alice apple just now. Great eating apple. If I hadn’t looked at the apple, or the bag it came in, and was asked “what is it”, my best guess would have been a very good Honeycrisp before Washington State started growing them and wrecked the flavor profile. I just couldn’t come up with anything closer. The apple I had was crisp almost to the point of being hard to bite, but that first bite had plenty of juice and a great sweetness without being cloying. Complex flavors with a hint of spice. Great apple and I’ll look for them again in the future
Eating one right now. Bought them this weekend for the first time, from Walmart. Really an amazing apple type. Complex flavor, with a hint of almond. I love it. You are wrong.
I really like Lady Alice apples that I bought at Walmart., a very good apple ,just the right sweetness .