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Feb 12, 2018
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RC Vikings
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The apple growers in Washington have been taking out Red Delicious orchards
and replacing them with apples that people like and will buy. Even the apple guys will admit they are a terrible product.
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Red "Delicious" apples are one of the greatest food scams perpetrated on the
Jericho
2/12/18 3:41pm
There are lots of good apples
BigYfan
2/12/18 3:43pm
Great, but little known apple types from Washington - Liberty's and Empires!!
jaba166
2/13/18 2:11am
Truth. Here's a great writeup on how it came to be.
SandYFan
2/12/18 3:44pm
This is also what they are trying to do to the Honeycrisp.
harrY
2/12/18 4:34pm
Pink Lady and honeycrisp are the favorites in my house. We planted a pink lady
cheezedawg
2/12/18 8:24pm
Amen. Everything about them is disgusting. From the bitter peel to the dry mouth
dryflycoug
2/12/18 3:44pm
What about all the yellow apples? Red > Yellow 99% of the time.
Dillinger
2/12/18 3:45pm
Specifically the Red Delicious variety. Bred to look good with no regard
SandYFan
2/12/18 3:50pm
I'll grab a bushel and revisit
Dillinger
2/12/18 3:51pm
Nope. Yellow delicious are sweet even if they are soft. Reds are lame.
Wear Blue
2/12/18 11:35pm
i've had a delicious red delicious before but they are super rare. most of the
nashty
2/12/18 3:46pm
The apple growers in Washington have been taking out Red Delicious orchards
RC Vikings
2/12/18 3:50pm
Per acre production of Honeycrisp apples is higher than the Red Delicious
Tarbo
2/12/18 4:07pm
Honeycrisp are really the "delicious" apple. I love them.
DodgerMike
2/12/18 3:51pm
I also enjoy golden delicious
Sandy Lyle
2/12/18 4:05pm
My BIL is an apple farmer. Honeycrisp earn the most by far, but as also the most
vegasnative
2/12/18 4:10pm
The honeycrisp trees in the ground that are producing were some of the first
Cougarclaw
2/12/18 4:43pm
True. On top of the name they also look good. But they are cheap for a reason.
JuicyJam
2/12/18 3:51pm
I just discovered Honey Crisp. They are expensive but the juiciest apple I've
Hinta
2/12/18 3:52pm
My two favorites are honey crisp and pink lady. I get whatever is cheaper.
CSoul
2/12/18 3:54pm
It's the idiot marketers at the grocery stores who like how they look and how
El Pasco
2/12/18 3:54pm
I love Honeycrisp, Gala and Fuji the most.
thaws
2/12/18 4:00pm
Fuji and honey crisp are my gotos.
VegasCoug
2/12/18 4:03pm
I was thinking the same thing on Saturday. Fuji=best balance of sweet a tart
Doozy
2/12/18 4:06pm
^Meant for top post
Doozy
2/12/18 4:07pm
IMO, fujis are the next apple to succumb to the problems of the red delicious
El Pasco
2/12/18 4:08pm
There is a new apple my BIL started growing called the Autumn Glory. It's
vegasnative
2/12/18 4:12pm
According to Wikipedia it was made through cross-pollination in 1976
CSoul
2/12/18 4:21pm
Fair enough. All I know is they are delicious.
vegasnative
2/12/18 7:53pm
We had a "real" red delicious tree in our backyard when I was growing up. Those
Murray
2/12/18 4:14pm
Anything other than granny smith is a wrong answer
Twin Roots
2/12/18 4:17pm
They were foisted on us
Cougarealist
2/12/18 4:19pm
Granny Smith all the way.
mannheimadler
2/12/18 4:21pm
Great cooked but terrible to eat raw
Hinta
2/12/18 4:26pm
I love 'em
mannheimadler
2/12/18 4:51pm
Honeycrisp used to be my favorite till I tried
Radioactive Coug
2/12/18 4:34pm
Galas for the win.
Jeff Spicoli
2/12/18 4:38pm
There must be fruit adoption, because Red and Yellow don't really belong in
StarMan
2/12/18 4:44pm
Don't worry, they'll be going away soon.
Cougarclaw
2/12/18 4:46pm
5 years from seed?
Radioactive Coug
2/12/18 5:05pm
No, from young tree to production. Commercial nurseries will
Cougarclaw
2/12/18 7:49pm
Hmm, my friend here in NY went from nothing to one of the
Radioactive Coug
2/12/18 7:58pm
here's what apples trees look like from the nursery
Cougarclaw
2/12/18 9:13pm
Well, I'm biased. Certainly not the best but his dad has major hook-ups
Radioactive Coug
2/12/18 11:01pm
By far my favorite apple: Cameo
mightybrick
2/12/18 4:50pm
My favorite also but they really haven’t caught on with the public so they are
RC Vikings
2/13/18 10:54pm
1) Envy, 2) Fuji, 3) Honeycrisp
a priori
2/12/18 7:54pm
This is an interesting article.
beeferoni
2/12/18 8:10pm
Gravenstein, Granny Smith and Honeycrisp.
Born2Fish
2/12/18 8:12pm
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