I’m not sure what they’re called – possibly Empire. They’re large, red, and soft, but not as soft as a Macintosh (I think). I also particularly enjoyed a kind that’s tall and green, with red highlights, which I had in Israel.
FYI, New York grows 25 varieties of apples, but you rarely see more than a few of these in the local fruit and vegetable markets. I’ve been to big fruit markets where there maybe 10, but generally in the frum neighborhoods you find macinstosh, granny smith, delicious varieties and cortland. anyone local find other varieties?
Actually, there are many more varieties according to the New York apple website but those are even less availale. I should have added Gala to the above list