I like a crisp apple, so my current favorite is Honeycrisp. Red Delicious and Golden Delicious are always mushy now, haven’t had a crisp one in many years. McIntosh and Winesap were family favorites when I was a kid. I haven’t seen Winesaps for a very long time.
Our family’s favorite for eating is Empire, hands down.
I put Cortlands right next to them. They are a very crisp and somewhat tart, apple.
Yes, I too remember Winesaps and Macintoshes from childhood and haven’t seen either in ages. And the facetiously-named Delicious is inedible. Nowadays I’ll occasionally splurge on a Honeycrisp, but mostly I stick to a 3-pound bag of organic Galas or Granny Smiths. Since learning of the huge amount of pesticides used on apples (they’re one of the “dirty dozen”) I stick to organics.