Honeycrisp Apples In February

Honeycrisp apples are disappearing from store shelves, but at Honeycrisp.com we still have them in stock. It has been a great apple season and it will continue into the spring.

Please note that shipping apples from Upstate New York we may have to delay shipment when the temps fall below 20 degrees.

Honeycrisp make a great addition to the Superbowl. This New Yorker has to stick with the Giants.

For those of you who have had the opportunity to talk to Aarika at Honeycrisp.com we would like to wish her the best with the next addition to our family, Sophie. Sophie is due to arrive on or about Februay 16th, which just happens to be my Birthday. So another apple expert to enter the World. Aarikas son Carter at 18 months is already one of our best apple samplers. Our Daughter Brittany Woolley has joined the Honeycrisp.com apple team with the anticipation of Aarka taking some time off when Sophie arrives.

Enjoy your day of Football. Always remember our troops as we enjoy our safety at home. If you know a military member utilitze our "Operation Apple" to send them apples with free shipping.

Paul Woolley
Honeycrisp Apple Cruncher

Honeycrisp Apples For The Holidays

The Holiday season is here and another
year of being protected by our wonderful troops has passed.

"Operational Apple" is in full swing, sending Honeycrisp and other great apples to our troops around the world. All you have to do when ordering apples for our troops is pick "Military APO Shipping" during check out and we pay all shipping costs.

Well as I thought about this more I started to think that all troops to include those who aren't presently serving oversees protect us. They could get asked to leave tomorrow or maybe they just got back. Then I thought of the Military spouse and kids waiting at home. So with that said to THANK our Military families we have decided to extend "Operation Apple" to include all Military addresses. ANY military address and all you have to do is pick free shipping.

Let us never forget. Each and every Military person and their families have chosen to make the sacrifice. The sacrifice to keep us and our children safe and free every day.

Send some apples, make a donation to a charity in their name, or just say thank you to any person in Uniform.

Take the time to have a great and safe Holiday. Remember our children are our greatest asset.

Paul Woolley & Family
Honeycrisp Crunchers
"Its A Great Thing To Be An American"

Apple Quality and Worker Safety

In this photo Carter is demonstrating after telling me "Pepe it is very important to taste test both sides of the apple". He also explained to me all about safety in the work place and that it is very important when at 14 months that you try to avoid things like coffee tables. If you look down a couple posts you will see that Carter approves of his sample.

Apple Quality Control

Quality control is very important at Honeycrisp.com and believe me when I tell you that we have only our top people supervising this. In this photo Reaghan is calling me on my cell saying "Uncle Paul these apples are really pretty but they are just too big!". Then before hanging up she also asked me "have you seen my Binky?".

Honeycrisp

The Honeycrisp apple season is well underway. We have a very nice crop of Honeycrisp apples. The New England favorite Macoun are just starting to be picked in Northern New York. The Cortland apple which many people love for salads and pies are also ready. Another great New York Apple we are picking is the Empire apple.

Many people are already utilizing our fruit for months program and others enjoy our Honeycrisp sample pack that gives you the option of 1/2 Honeycrisp apples and picking another variety.

As you can see in the picture our Grandson Carter has taken over quality control and has officially approved this years SnappyMacs. Carter has decided that the McIntosh apples are a big hit.

CA and AZ customers will be getting their shipments starting approximately October 15th. CA and AZ Departments or Agriculture require that apples be in cold storage for 45 days before the apples can be shipped into their States. The great State of New York even prints a nice sticker that we have to buy and put on each box to certify that we participate in this program.

Honeycrisp and our other apples are the staple of our business but soon you will see us offering some Wine products from the lovely Napa Valley of California. More information to come but this is one of our Honeycrisp customers who owns a fabulous Winery in Napa. Over the last year we and our friends and family have been sampling this wine and have determined it is some of the best Wine we have ever had. Honeycrisp and Wine what a great combination.

As always dont forget our troops! Remember with "Operation Apple" our company, friends and customers pick up the tab for the shipping to "any" apo or FPO address.

Paul

Honeycrisp

The Honeycrisp apple season has started and you can order them on one of our sites. You will notice that the early Honeycrisp are a little tarter for those of you that enjoy them tarter. As they make sugar and we are picking the Honeycrisp over the next couple of weeks they will be less tart. It looks to be a great Honeycrisp season along with our other great apples. Remember we have both Extra Fancy and Fancy Honeycrisp. For those New England transplants we have put our Macoun and Cortland apples on pre-order. Both Macoun (parent of Honeycrisp) and Cortland apples will be ready before the end of the month. For those who have fallen in love with the all new CandyCrisp they will be a few weeks away. Honeycrisp is by far our most popular apple but it never hurts to try a different apple like Cameo or Pink Lady. Both for the secure feeling that they are ordered and you will get them and for the ease of ordering once we have our "fruit for months" program. Presently you can order a 3 month supply of Honeycrisp but we will soon be adding a 6 month program. Last year we shipped well into June but depending upon crop size, demand and storage that can always change. We would like to believe that we will have Honeycrisp and your other favorite apples until at least April 1st. Questions or concerns just send us an email or give us a call. As always thank a soldier for their service and our thoughts and prayers are with all our Military Families and their brave Soldiers. Speaking of our soldiers if your soldier has an APO address then we (us, friends, customers) pay the shipping for their apples. For those that have contributed to the shipping program I send out a special thanks. Nothing like getting a little piece of home sent to you when your so far from home!

Honeycrisp Apples In May

Just a little info for all you Honeycrisp apple crunchers. Like most apples Honeycrisp do not eat the same in May as they do in September or October. As apples stay in storage you will find them turning more starch to sugar thus making them sweeter or not as tart. Thus when you don't realize the tartness you might find them to have less flavor when in fact they are just sweeter. Also, while Honeycrisp will be probably one of the most crunchiest apples you will eat in may they aren't going to be as crisp as they were in October. Most apples on the East Coast are picked by November 1st each year (or else they would be frozen) and then get tucked away in the cooler until they are needed. Some apples are stored in controlled atmosphere storage until they are needed. Basically CA storage is accomplished by removing the oxygen from the room thus slowing the ripening process. Harder apples such as Mutsu and crispier apples like Honeycrisp will give you the most crispness for your bite. Happy Mothers Day to all you moms out there and we hope your enjoying your apples!

Spring Is Coming - Honeycrisp Still Available

The weather has broke and it is warming up this week in Upstate New York. So we are back to our regular shipping schedule. Yes. Honeycrisp apples are still available for a limited time. On our site and on our blog you see a link for VIA Talk VOIP phone service, if your considering VOIP phone service you can not beat this deal. Its a great company and for $199 you get two years worth of phone service or $8.29 per month. It's a lot like Vonage but about 1/2 the money and rich with features. You can put your savings towards eating great apples. Have a great day!

Honeycrisp Apples from The Frozen Tundra of Upstate New York!

Hello from Upstate New York where we went from Global Warming to sub zero. It looks like at night it will be just about zero until at least the 19th of February. We still have great apples in storage including Honeycrisp apples but are holding any shipments until 2/19/07. Apples that have been frozen would look wrinkled. If you receive apples from us that appear to have been frozen please let us know. Also, Honeycrisp due have a tendency to get a little sweeter while in storage. So if you tried the tarter ones in the fall don't be real surprised if your new shipment is just a little sweeter. Just in time for the sweetness of Valentines day.

All I Want For Christmas From Florida!

I have hesitated posting as I want our Military "Operation Apple" people "The Troops" to be at the top where they belong. But then I realized yesterday after a phone call that I need to make a new post for our Troops. The reason they are 1/2 way around the World standing in harms way.

A year ago I got a call on a Sunday from a Dad in Florida and he asked if I could get a case of Honeycrisp apples sent to Florida by Christmas. Then yesterday I got the same call from that same Dad basically asking the same question again. Most likely I will tell the story for another year just like I have for the last. So like Jack and so many of you I am a Dad too. Three wonderful children Aarika 26, Paul II 24 and Brittany is 19. If they wanted apples for Christmas I would probably buy them for them too. But Lindsey from Florida, Jacks daughter, is twelve (12), so yes last year she was 11 and all she wanted for Christmas was a 40lb case of Honeycrisp apples! My kids are all practically grown and I could only wish for the Christmas that they asked for apples for Christmas. Tonight I say hi to Lindsey, my favorite 12 year old in Florida, who I have never even met. Also, hi to her great dad Jack who like many of us only want to make sure their kids are happy on a special day.

So while Lindsey doesn't even know it, the next package of apples we send to a Military person in Iraq is going to be from Lindsey. Lindsey while not even knowing it represents every 12 year old in America who like my Children are protected by wonderful hero's around the World. Our Service people. So while I didn't want to do a new post because I wanted our service people on top with "Operation Apple", our Service people are always on top protecting our freedom around the World.

Merry Christmas Lindsey, your Mom and Dad Love You!

Paul Woolley
Honeycrisp Cruncher and just a guy Proud to Live in the Land of the Free

"Operation Apple" Undisclosed Location In Iraq

"Operation Apple"

has been taking place over the last few months in an undisclosed location in Iraq. It has been rumored that this Crunching of "Explosively Crisp®" Honeycrisp has been taking place at a Medical Unit, but this has not been confirmed yet by any reputable sources like the "AP". It has been said by Senior Officials within the Military that possibly these Honeycrisp apples have lifted the spirit and provided higher levels of energy among the troops.

While we did not check with "JK" it does appear that troops that eat Honeycrisp are highly educated. This was further confirmed by the fact that in caption of this picture that they spelled everything correctly to include the word Honeycrisp which many times by people in the press and Washington DC is misspelled "Honey Crisp". Just google news the word Honeycrisp.

These troops also are of higher intelligence by the mere fact that they choose a nutritional snack, an apple, Honeycrisp and that they are indeed smiling while consuming them. Some in Washington might be eating Red Delicious.

We would like to thank people like Dan, Greta, Emily Anne and some other participants who at this time we can not either confirm or deny their participation in "Operation Apple".

It should be noted that any remarks that might be considered sarcastic were only the opinion of the author and not any Military person who is proudly serving their Country.

All kidding aside it is our honor to participate in "Operation Apple" by paying the shipping of the apples to our brave, proud men and women serving their Country. It is by their service that once again tonight my family and yours can sleep knowing that we are safe. May we never forget. Remember to thank a soldier and take a minute to say a prayer for their continued safety.

Paul Woolley
Just a Guy Happy to be an American!

ANY AND ALL PHOTOS ARE THE PROPERTY OF:

Honeycrisp.Com & The Proud Men and Woman serving our Country.

Once confirming you have sent apples to our troops we will might give you permission to use such photos.

Operation Ship Apples or Soldiers Love Apples

All about apples unless I decide to talk about something else. Recently we have been sending a few apples to our fine Men and Woman serving in Iraq. We as a company and the Mulbury Family have been not charging the shipping associated with these apple orders. It really started due to the fact our system wont figure the shipping for the APO addresses. We are presently looking to put a program together where people ordering on our site can contribute to "Operation Ship Apples" so we can expand this program. We are open to suggestions and are looking to possibly team up with a couple of groups that are shipping packages to Soldiers they don't even know. That program I think I would name "Operation Random Acts of Kindness".

But in the short time this has started it has grown to more than just picking up the tab for the shipping. It has given us a chance to correspond with great service people like Dan, Emily and Greta serving our Country in Iraq. My message to them has been one of my families appreciation for their service to protect us. That our prayers are with them as they serve like many others before them. My biggest thing is just to say THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY and that everyone I talk to are very proud of them. I realize that they are only a few of the proud but they are like all that serve beside them, they are our "Proud". I know when I chat back and fourth with them in just a few brief emails it makes me feel proud that people like them represent our Country.

Recently I had to fly to St. Louis for some meetings and on my way back flying US Air out of St. Louis the US Air employee handling the boarding walked over to two men in Uniform and had them board first. Maybe that is normal practice I do not know but I thought that it was nice. One persons way (or one company) of showing their appreciation and respect. They sat just across the row from me and come to find out they were on their way home to WV from boot camp/Tech training. One of the guys was excited that his grandmother was waiting up just to see him arrive home but his largest excitement seem to come from the thought of just sleeping in his own bed. I thought after I wish I had known his name, maybe send him a box of apples.

After we get done watching everything on CNN and FOX and sit and ponder wondering what we can do maybe it could be just so simple. So simple to say "Thank You" to a person in Uniform or without even knowing what their religious beliefs are saying "My Prayers are with you" or maybe it is making a small donation to one of the organizations that have organized to send packages to our troops like Jacobs Light Foundation, which touched my heart when I saw Dorine Kenney, Jacobs mom on the CNN show Glenn Beck.

In the end I know that our Military people and their families do so much to protect us and we do so little to show them our appreciation. Maybe all including myself should and could do just a little bit more.

So again THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY, my thoughts and prayers are with you. If your a person serving in Iraq or Afghanistan and maybe just need someone to trade emails, send me one.

Oh and to Glenn Beck. We all need to tell Glenn great that he has all these great stories but needs to make it easier to find things like Jacobs Light Foundation on his site. Come on Glenn your a great patriot and I love your show but you could cut one tab of advertising and "GB" to have a spot for the Troops. Remember Glenn these are the guys and girls that are going to pull the batteries out of your doomsday clock.

Paul Woolley

Honeycrisp Apples

Honeycrisp apples are now being picked and are ready for Shipment.
McIntosh apples, Paulared apples and Gala apples are also ready. So for those of you suffering from the lack of Honeycrisp today is a great day. Cortland apples and then Macoun apples are right around the corner. Remember Honeycrisp apples will still be great and crunchy in February and March. So if McIntosh or Macoun is one of your favorites you can always get them early and then order Honeycrisp apples later. You can order as early as you like for the Holiday season so book mark our site. Our early Fuji will be ready by the first week in October and Northern Spy will be ready the 1st of November.

Honeycrisp Apples. Macoun apples, Northern Spy & CandyCrisp

Honeycrisp apples are being pre-ordered now for shipment the last week in September. For all the those people suffering from Honeycrisp apple withdrawal its ok you will get your fix in just two more weeks. Paula Red apples are shipping now and this week we will ship some of the all new Zestar, another great MN variety.

McIntosh we will start shipping later next week for all the McIntosh apple fans. Yes that is all of you northerners that now live in Sunny Florida.

Macoun apples. Or Macooon apples if you are Martha Stewart or even from the same State as Martha. That is her State of residence not her temporary residence that had the large fence and gates with guards. Or the next state up and 1/2 way up the next one. That would be New Hampshire. But the people in CT, MA and NH can probably get Macoun apples at the local grocery store. Yes it is only those of you that have moved to places like California and Arizona that have to order from people like us to eat apples that taste as good as when you were a kid. For those of you that have to know Macoun will be about October 5th give or take a few days or a large wind storm.

Northern Spy. Yes they do make a great pie. Yes we do feel bad that your Grand Mother can't find them so it makes her cry. Slip her a few Honeycrisp apples in her Christmas Stocking and she will now truly believe in Santa Clause. Well not to worry we will have Northern Spy around the 2nd of November just in time to make the pie. Oh and CandyCrisp apple, the all new sweet, and I do mean sweet, apple will be ready around the same time. Keeps a nice firm texture when cooking and I believe they make a great pie.

I can't resist to mention again Honeycrisp apples. One by one you each convert. It is normal to feel all the feeling you feel when suffering from Honeycrisp withdrawl. Please continue to share your stories about Honeycrisp and your friends stories about Honeycrisp. If you would like we will even post them on the blog. If you leave me a voice mail on my cell of you Crunching into a Honeycrisp apple you will not be the first. (you know who you are..a certain Doctor from WI).

As always enjoy your apples. If you neighbors apple tree hangs over the property line enjoy his apples. I don't know if an apple a day really keeps the Doctor away but I do know it keeps farmers in business. It also keeps all the people that supply the farmer with products in business. So when you eat an apple tell the tractor salesman to thank you.

Keep the Faith.
Paul Woolley
Honeycrisp Cruncher.

Oh I almost forgot. Thank a soldier. Also being from New York our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the State Trooper who was slain in the line of duty. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his partners family that their loved one will recover fully and quickly.

Honeycrisp Apple Season 2006 (McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Gala, Northern Spy too)

The Honeycrisp apple 2006-2007 apple season is starting. We made it till June with Honeycrisp last year and we hope to go that long again this year. The apple crop is looking to be a good one. Help us in your thoughts and prayers no big storms with wind in late September through October.

Last year we added Chocolate covered Honeycrisp which was a huge hit. Also, added were more apple varieties at the request of you the customer. "Fruit for Months" was a great addition which many customers took advantage of securing their Honeycrisp well into the spring. With this program feel free to drop us a note either to delay shipment of your next box or "We're running out send us another on Monday". If you have a problem or a need email us or give us a call and we will do what we can to help.

We are now looking at other specialty items of high quality as an addition to the business we have built with Honeycrisp. Sign up for our newsletter and get updates when the new crop is ready or additional products we have added to the site.We have pre-ordering of Explosively Crisp Honeycrisp and McIntosh apple gift boxes. Shipping of Honeycrisp will start the last week of September. Other items such as Macoun apples and Cortland apples we will put online for pre-orders approximately two weeks before they are picked.

Just a suggestion that you take advantage of our "Fruit For Months" if you’re hooked on Honeycrisp. This next year continue to look for more products to include our all new Explosively Crisp CandyCrisp.

As the owner of our apple websites I can not say enough that the experience with our customers has been one we are thankful for. You should know that when we receive your emails and calls we pass that information on to our people.

The last few years as we have built this business I have had an opportunity to talk to many customers, and it has been a Joy. As always give us a call and you will talk to someone here or maybe our voice mail but you will be talking to someone in the United States of America.Thanks again as we appreciate your business.

Please note that since we ship from Upstate New York if you’re close to us you need not choose faster shipping. Along with that a note that if the weather is sub zero and we feel we may freeze your apples we will delay shipment.

As always we strive to give you the best apples with the best service. If you have any feed back please email us and let us know what you think. This might be about the site, shipping, packaging or just to say hi.

From all of us here at EC Marketing USA, Inc. and our growers we say thank you and keep on CRUNCHEN!

Paul Woolley
Chief Honeycrisp Cruncher

P.S. Take a moment as I am now to say thank you to all our Men and Woman in Uniform serving our Country. It is their dedication and sacrifice that keeps us safe and free everyday!

Honeycrisp Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS... From everyone at Honeycrisp.com from our family to yours the best of wishes this Holiday Season. Add a little Honeycrisp to the stuffing for a crisp Turkey. So what does the Honeycrisp Cruncher do Christmas Morning? Well watch the birds at the bird feeder over a cup of coffee. Then wait for our daughter and her husband to arrive and open gifts of course. We do know that a bunch of people all across the U.S. are enjoying Explosively Crisp Honeycrisp this Holiday. Friends and Family were very nice to a lot of people sending them Honeycrisp for the Holiday. Thank you for all the kind words from those people that have called us and emailed us about how they enjoyed their Honeycrisp and other apples. Feel free to go to the website and leave a message in our Guest Book. Again have a SAFE wonderful Holiday. No matter your faith take a moment to say a prayer for our Military people around the world and in harms way. Take another minute and say one for their family too.

Apples. Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun and the all new CandyCrisp Apples

Honeycrisp apple gift boxes would be the word of the day. Tis the season to be jolly and order Honeycrisp apples. It is amazing how many people send apples for the Holidays. I would agree they make the perfect gift. Our Chocolate cover Honeycrisp apples have been a great success with our customers. When ordering apple gift boxes from any company always know what your buying. Apples ship best in a foam insert apple box. This way in the apple gift box each apple has its very own hole in the foam to be placed in. This reduces any chance of bruising in shipment.

The new apples to watch for in the future will be our all new CandyCrisp and a new apple from Minnesota called Snow Sweet.

Back to the Holiday spirit of ordering apple gift boxes. Don't worry for those fans of things like Northern Spy apples they are still popular too. My Mother-In-Law is famous for this when I say Ma try a new apple she is like those are good but where are my McIntosh apples. Of course the people from New England love Macoun apple which is one of the parents of Honeycrisp. Second from the Northeast would have to be Cortland apples to bake the pie with. While it does amaze me its ok to order an apple gift box and have it shipped to California to make the pies like you had when a child.

Well we are shipping our apple gift boxes out as fast as Santas helpers can fill them and if they leave by Friday no problem UPS ground even for the West Coast people.

Hope all is well out there in apple land and while I will probably post again I am proud to say MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Yours Truly
A Fan of Santa and
The Chief Honeycrisp Cruncher

As always "Save a Farm eat an Apple"

Thankful at Thanksgiving - Just Say Thank You

Its all about apples unless I want to talk about something else. I should have posted this yesterday. I was reminded while watching Fox News when a commentator said "no matter how you feel about the war in Iraq you should thank our service people, see one of our men or woman maybe in a store and just walk up and say "thank you for your service"". What a good idea this really is, and it is just so easy. My wife said she had done this just the other day while in a local store. I know about a year ago when traveling I did it in the airport. Myself being former AirForce I know how proud you are when you wear the uniform that protects our country and its people every day. For some it started as a job or a opportunity to receive some college assistance. But when its time to walk the walk in that uniform its only honor for ones Country that they awake to each and every day. So while I sit in my nice warm office not far from my family, safe, and comfortable I would like to take a moment to pause and say thank you to that man or woman who is wearing that uniform today keeping my family and myself safe. So again it only takes a second, just a few words and a smile when you see one of our great service people in uniform to say "thank you for your service".

Honeycrisp For The Holidays

Santa has told us that Honeycrisp Apples from Honeycrisp.com make a great Holiday Gift. Not only is it a great gift that you can send now or have arrive just days before the Holiday but you also don't have to fight all that traffic the day after Thanksgiving. A special treat for anyone is the all new Gourmet Chocolate cover Honeycrisp apple.

Honeycrisp Apple - Katie Couric NBC

Katie did a segment on "What Foods Can Help You Loose Weight?" if you click the link it will take you to the NBC site and play the video. During this segment Katie say's she loves this new apple Honeycrisp. The best part here is that about four years ago we sent her and Matt a box of Honeycrisp apples and told her why they were so special. I did get a call from Katie's secretary who thanked me for the apples but that was it. See Katie could have got you started on Honeycrisp apples four years ago.