Adam's Apples

Perhaps not clear from my first photo: this hyper-lobed apple is basically a big triangle.  ¶  Bramley is Granny Smith–spring green, but the calyx end has a dull red blush where it has been kissed by the sun, and a ragged corona of russet radiates from the stem well.

How wrong is it to assess a cooking apple by eating it out of hand? It certainly cannot do justice to the apple.  ¶  Nonetheless, eating uncooked is my measuring stick. When I had to opportunity to try this legendary culinary apple, a staple in the United Kingdom, I did not hesitate.