[NAFEX] Red Delicious

Lee Reich garden at leereich.com
Thu Oct 18 06:56:31 EDT 2007


I grow the original Red Delicious. It is relatively pale red with a  
lot of yellow background and has a rich, honey-like sweetness. Also  
quite juicy. I rate it as a very good apple but not one that compares  
with my favorites, such as Jonagold and Macoun, at their best.

Lee Reich, PhD
http://leereich.com/

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Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year


On Oct 18, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Douglas Woodard wrote:

> 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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