From Orange Tart and Papaya Runtz to classics like Blue Dream, Turbo Diesel, and Acapulco Gold
We understand that you found this post because you are looking for the best grass in Mass, so we’ll spare you the long introduction. Other than to say that we discovered several of these cultivars—and in some cases, the cultivators, some of whom are relatively new to the market—while judging the 2024 NECANN Cup of Champions. Winners of that cutthroat competition will be announced at this year’s Boston Freedom Rally on Boston Common this Saturday.
Without further ado, here are some serious bangers that are worth driving a distance for if you are into hunting down the best …
Blue Collar Botany Orange Tart
This is weed to stop the presses for. Scream it from the rooftops—Blue Collar Botany has some of the fluffiest grass on the market, i.e. their Orange Tart which resembles a woolen Christmas sweater. Also looking like something homegrown by a master, the flavor moves into masala and chai tea territory, adding to the mystique of such an outstanding showstopper from this small Fitchburg shop.
Fathom Cannabis Papaya Runtz
Soft as styrofoam with the capacity to break down in a similar fashion without too much pressure, this Fathom pheno of Papaya Runtz actually looks like a strawberry and feels more like fruit than weed in some ways. It also got us stupid high from the spine to the mind, and smells like heady California in the Aughts.
MAC Cartoons & Cereal
The cartoonish exterior will lure you in; to entertain the nostrils, you’ll need to burp a bud. Don’t be turned off by the understated aroma of this aesthetic knockout—the overall beauty, particularly the wispy orange lashes, are more reflective of its perfect taste.
Lazy River Blue Dream
Stunning enough to hang on your wall in a frame, this Blue Dream is a true dream, a towering stink bomb with currents of peanut butter underneath the classic berry contours of a strain that Gen X smokers and some Boomers are likely familiar with. Longtime fans of this iconic cultivar will not be disappointed, nor will anybody looking for an upper fit for doing work or cleaning dishes.
Impressed Apples & Bananas
These dark gem buds smell like candy at first whiff, with an unleaded taste then coming later on the tongue after you exhale. Heads know that Impressed grows some of the finest flower in the state, and its team is definitely keeping other grows on their toes with magnificent trees like these. Beyond the gassy-grassy-fruity goodness and satiny smoke, we specifically love the buzz, which hits mostly in the head and shoulders region. For one of us, it even seemingly relieved some serious neck pain, and quickly.
AMP Turbo Diesel
While we try to avoid hyperbole in writing about cultivars, since there’s always something danker on the way, it’s hardly an exaggeration to say this is a top-tier sativa, the kind of locomotive that got countless people on the weed train in the first place. Whether you love or loathe your job, a couple puffs of this for breakfast will help you see your days in new exciting ways. Gassy, grassy, classy, the works.
RiverRun Gardens Dragula
These spicy-fruity mellow nugs are ripe for breakfast time with pucks of cinnamon, marmalade, clove, cream, and coffee cake. An ideal blend of fat and acid as well as sweet and savory, Dragula is impossibly smooth, a perfect strain for those who eschew harshness. With bonus gassy goodness buttressing the colorful candy complexion, it tastes as balanced as it burns.
Realm Avocado Toast
Like a nugget mummy wrapped in snow white crystals, this crown-shaped bud almost resembles a crack rock. In a great way, of course. Its minimal stink won’t knock you out at first sniff, but with a buttery flavor and flower that ashes to nothing, this Avocado Toast was already a treat before the immediate head and body high compounded our approval.
Tower Three OO7 Up
Tower Three has a significant consistent smell—or aura, really—across many of its strains, yet thanks to 3% terps in this jar, their 007 Up sings its own tune beyond the brand’s earthy imprimatur. Extremely smooth and creamy, it burns like incense, which is to say forever. And for those looking for strains high in CBGA, this one registers 4.1%.
Claravita Acapulco Gold
We accidentally left a jar of this open for a day, and it somehow still smelled like a petrol station. With squishy nugs that nevertheless shred and smoke sublimely, plus the perfect mix of fruit and piff on the inhale as well as the exhale, this classic via CNA Stores grow op Claravita is a grand slam. Come for the nostalgia, stay for the stench and crack effect.
