Two Princes

I like to eat my apples by cutting slices off with a pairing knife. The first time I cut into a Red Prince apple, I almost cut myself. 

"On the knife," you ask?

"No, on the apple: the dense, pear-like flesh of an apple. My knife cut an edge on the apple so sharp that it almost cut my lip."

She trails off, her mind drifting to the 8 year old cheddar in the fridge.

I'm convinced that the people at Red Prince have been following me because they certainly know my taste. 

Lately, my apple habits have undeniably moved towards crunch: Fuji, Royal Gala and Honeycrisp are good friends of mine.

The Red Prince fulfills my crunchly, crunchly desires, but has a finer, smoother texture with a robust and filling flesh. It's quite juicy, but not too juicy.

I like it a lot.

Red Prince apples come from Europe originally, but are now grown locally in Ontario by Global Fruit, a Clarksberg Ontario company that is dedicated to sustainable growing practices and increasing local product for consumption. The company is also responsible for farming Honecrisp apples, which are one of my recent favourites. (Super juicy!)The apples are also packaged by another local company called, Martin's Family Fruit Farm.

To promote the crowning of new apple royalty, Red Prince is launching a 30-Day Civility Challenge. The Red Prince Twitter account will feature a civility task each day for thirty days, such as, "smiling at a stranger you see today" or "offering to do the dishes."
The challenge kicks off tomorrow in the PATH system for all ye downtown Bay Street folk.


Photo opportunities will be available with the Red Prince himself. Louise Fox, etiquette Queen, will be on hand offering advice on civility. Visitors can also receive good karma through hand massages. Finally, 10,000 Red Prince apples will be given away. And they are delicious- really, you might be surprised how much you want to talk about them.


Red Prince Civility Event
PATH System (underground)
Exchange Tower - 130 King St. W.
First Canadian Place - 
11 AM-2 PM