As long as I can remember I have always eaten Red Delicious apples.
Unlike Bryan, I have always been mesmerized by the dark red apples and looked down upon the lighter red and green apples, even when I would get Red Delicious apples that would taste crappy.
I do not think that Red Delicious will be gone soon like the article seems to imply. Red Delicious is such a well known name in apples. Producers could very well modify the Red Delicious to make it a little less red and a little more delicious and still retain its name and some of its market share.
I for one for the first time ever, will pick up some non-Red Delicious apples the next trip to the market.
Consider the fate of America’s favorite apple. It emerged from an Iowa orchard in 1880 as a round, blushed yellow fruit of surpassing sweetness.
But like a figure in a TV makeover show, it was an apple that its handlers could not leave alone. They altered its shape. They made it firmer and more juicy. They made it so it could be stored in hermetically sealed warehouses for 12 months. Along the way, they changed its color and hence its name — to Red Delicious. [continue]
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