Lucy Glo Apple Review
"The Breathtaking Circus Freak"
The Lucy Glo is a circus-freak apple with yellow skin and a red interior that shocks skeptics into submission. Most would expect this clown-urine soaked frog testicle to taste like an unhealed surgical wound since each bite resembles a freshly picked scab. However, most (whoever they are) should prepare their expectations to be shattered. This candy-like, perfectly tart, masterclass in a full flavor profile is a joy to eat and lives up to its flashy appearance. A novelty apple, this is not. Major branding deduction as the Lucy Glo is easily confused with its far inferior sister apple the Lucy Rose.
BONUS POINTS: +3 Uniqueness, +3 Taste, +2 Flesh
- FLAVOR PROFILE -
SWEETNESS
3/5
TARTNESS
3/5
INTENSITY
3.5/5
LUCY GLO BIO
PARENTAGE
Honeycrisp x Rosaceae Family
ORIGIN
Washington State
YEAR
2018
AVAILABILITY
Early Fall
BEST USES
Munching, Party Tray, Sour Apple
Best apple I’ve ever eaten and I’ve eaten a lot of apples.
Agree totally
I thought Cosmic was great but Lucy Glo is now my favorite – a great balance between sugar sweet and pucker tartness
Wow! What a grim description, especially compared to how delicious I find these apples! I enjoy tart apples, and Lucy Glo, Cripps Pink, and Granny Smith are the only three I’ve really enjoyed. The juiciness and bold color are bonuses on a Lucy Glo! They don’t keep as well as some apples, so I buy a bunch when they’re available. Hoping to find more as sour and delightful as this one, although I’ve been sadly disappointed by a number of other newer cultivars that have shown up in recent years.
I just had the pleasure of trying your Lucy Glo apples. What a pleasure! Thank you 🙂 Unfortunately, when I went back to Trader Joe’s the next week they were all gone. Hopefully you’ll be able to increase production because your apples are really special.
Lucy Glo Apples are the 6th most popular apple in the market at the moment, with there sweetness at a 3/5 and there popular colour and great demand for more. This candy-like, perfectly tart, masterclass in a full flavor profile is a joy to eat and lives up to its flashy appearance. A novelty apple, this is not. The rankings consisted of +3 Uniqueness, +3 Taste, +2 Flesh. in my oppinuion this is by far the most exotic, flavour full, crispy apple that just make your mouth craving more of the sweetness.
Go Lucy Glo!!
I picked up half a dozen of these last year when they were marked down, drove home and tasted one. I drove back to the store about 15 minutes later with the intent to buy a dozen more and the entire display was sold out.
I guess I was late to the craze but I’m eagerly awaiting their return to the shelves this year!
Your reviews are trash if u think kanzi and honey crisp are better. Lucy glo has the best balance of acidity. Sweetness and sour. It’s also beautiful and crisp. 100 points easy.
You, my Goodman, are a fool. And I’m inclined to say you haven’t ever had a kanzi if you think Lucy glos are better.
What about Northern Spy? I’ve read they are THE best pie apple, but hard to come by. I’m still looking to try one, anyone else tried them?
You are correct, Northern Spy apples are the best apples for pies. They are very hard to find. I had to plant one tree in my orchard because no other orchard around me had any of them. Great apple!!
Northern Spy is my favorite apple. They’re usually huge and have streaky green-red skin. When fresh, they’re hard as rocks, but even then full of tart, tart juice that runs down your face, with crisp flesh. As they age, their flavor develops from one-note sourness into a sort of wine-y complexity, without losing their crispness, however you can actually bite into them without fear of losing a tooth. They’re a fantastic baking apple. I like to mix them with MacIntosh. The Spies hold their shape and deliver a tart punch, while the Macs cook down into a saucy sweetness–perfect pie.
The Northern Spy is an old-timey New England apple, but my local orchard in central Pennsylvania was able to grow them until the last few years. I asked, and the reply was that climate change had finally stressed out their few surviving trees and they stopped producing. I’m unlikely to make a road trip just to buy a bushel of apples, but I don’t know . . . Spies are almost worth it.
Pardon me for the off-topic comment to the Lucy Glo. Not a very evocative name compared to Northern Spy, a name that still casts a spell on the imagination.
Wild apple. Totally worth seeking it out. Highly recommend. Great flavor.
Ever since I discovered your wonderful website, I rush here every time I see a new-to-me apple at the grocery store. I found these at my local Trader Joe’s, and man did your ranking not disappoint. I think Lucy Glo is my new favorite apple. I prefer my apples to lean tart, and this one is just perfect. The red flesh is fun, too, because it freaks out my students when they see me eating one. I see the Kanzi apple ranks higher. I will endeavor to find one.
Thank you for reading!
After two years of searching for these supposedly superb apples, I finally had the chance to buy some, and let me say, they did not disappoint. The sheer peculiarness of the Lucy Glo cannot be understated; they are by far the strangest apples I’ve ever had. They are outstanding in every possible way, from the tart and sour flavour, to the crisp and juicy flesh, to the bizarre and eye catching colours. The Lucy Glo is a truly phenomenal apple. The only criticism I could possibly give is that I wish that they were a more commonly grown apple.
This website is a tacky mess, no class what so ever! “Clown-urine soaked frog testicle”??? Pathetic
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Think you missed the mark on this one. Not much of a looker but so tasty all is forgiven. Lucy has to be 95+
I bought these for the novelty. Absolutely shocked at how good they taste. I even prefer them to Honeycrisp.
I discovered these 2-years ago when one of my local produce markets was doing a tasting. I got and ate as many as I could! I love the unique taste. I made an apple galette with them, and it was lovely! Lucky for me I’m in Washington state. We get a lot of them here! The ones this season are a bit smaller than last year, but still great in taste. I prefer to buy them at my local produce markets, rather than big chain supermarkets!
I have sold the Lucy Glo and Lucy Rose in my produce department once a year for about 3 years now and every time they disappoint. I’m surprised they are so high on the list! The colour inside is not as advertised. You will get the occasional one that is red, but usually they just have a tinge of pink in my experience.
I think these area gimmicky apple.
I love in australia… and I’m just jealous..m first yo admit I don’t know varieties but a lot of knowledgeable people here do so I’ve bookmarked this site to enjoy all comments and educate myself. I know my ex-work had 2 red apple trees, and one of the trees produced smaller-than-“average” fruit but that tree got hammered by me each season. More education on my part, joy to read people’s thoughts.
Just caught sight of “Rosaceae Family” as the second parent variety. So *maybe* an apple on that side?