[NAFEX] Red Delicious
Douglas Woodard
dwoodard at becon.org
Thu Oct 18 01:49:35 EDT 2007
Years ago I bought some Red Delicious in St. Catharines' farmers' market
from a small grower, probably shortly after picking, which were striped
and not very brightly coloured. I'd guess they were the original or
close to it. The flesh was was hard, crisp and very sweet although
somewhat bland. They may have been picked at a non-optimal time or given
too much nitrogen, or maybe the weather wasn't sunny or hot enough to
bring out their best. It did originate in the midwest after all.
I've eaten Red Prince Delicious grown in Prince Edward County which were
pleasantly flavoured and better than other red sports although nothing
special.
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario
Niagara Peninsula
Michael Nave wrote:
> I hope future generations never know the taste of Red
> "Delicious" (and what a fraudulent name that was). It
> is almost single handedly responsible for the decline
> in apple consumption in the latter half of the 20th
> century. No one ever ate a red delicious apple and
> said "yum, I need to eat more apples." It's the worst
> tasting apple I have ever experienced. It's not a
> plain old sugary apple. It's a plain old tasteless
> apple.
>
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