True. On top of the name they also look good. But they are cheap for a reason.

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Feb 12, 2018
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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.

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