As far as apples go, I like the green ones that are kind of tart...Granny Smith? I noticed apples are better if they are picked after the first frost.
I purposely trimmed my tree out of season. Should be about 5 years before I have another significant apple haul. They are some sort of small apple that tastes like a cross between a delicious and a gala. Very good but I have a female tree and I just get too many. It is a btch to clean them up in the fall.