Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible
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Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible
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#2> “It turns out that a lot of the genes that coded for the flavor-producing compounds were on the same chromosomes as the genes for the yellow striped skin,” Traverso explains, “so as you favored the more consistently colored apples, you were essentially disfavoring the same genes that coded for great flavor.
This is also why so many cultivars of tomato and cucumber taste like moist cardboard. Once you taste what they’re actually supposed to taste like, you’ll never be able to go back to a shrink-wrapped English cucumber grown in a hot house.
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#3There are Apple orchards that were abandoned in Washington State that my dad use to to take us to. These orchards had only red delicious and they were the best apples I’ve had. There are a lot of abandoned orchards around Washington and old species keep getting found.
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#4Please support your local orchards if possible!
The apples you find in stores don’t even compare to some of the unique cultivars you can find at many orchards
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#5The Red Delicious stands out to me as the textbook example of the power of naming and marketing. The origin story is unbeatable. The power of a name on our perceptions is undeniable. Realizing all of this has been one of the most empowering discoveries of my adult life.
Re: Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible
#6> “It turns out that a lot of the genes that coded for the flavor-producing compounds were on the same chromosomes as the genes for the yellow striped skin,” Traverso explains, “so as you favored the more consistently colored apples, you were essentially disfavoring the same genes that coded for great flavor. This is also why so many cultivars of tomato and cucumber taste like moist cardboard. Once you taste what the…
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#7This is a great account if you’re interested in fruit cultivars: https://mobile.twitter.com/pomological
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#8Please support your local orchards if possible! The apples you find in stores don’t even compare to some of the unique cultivars you can find at many orchards
I live very close to where the Honeycrisp was developed, and sadly I don't frequent them or the other local orchards as much as I should.
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#9There are Apple orchards that were abandoned in Washington State that my dad use to to take us to. These orchards had only red delicious and they were the best apples I’ve had. There are a lot of abandoned orchards around Washington and old species keep getting found.
I hated apples all thought my childhood, but once I had my own kids I started buying more interesting variety's (even just from the supermarket) and I'm really hooked. Love em.
It might also help that I have tried to cut down on sugar and apples are now one of the sweetest things I eat.
I also discovered that cutting apples into bite size chunks for kids makes them taste better!
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#10Red Delicious was my favorite apple as a kid. Some of this might be questionable taste - my sister's favorite was a Mcintosh - but I wonder if they were better 40 years ago. Had one recently and it was underwhelming. My wife turned me on to Pink Ladies and Fujis and I'll never go back to Delicious.