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The shift to constant supply put apples in competition with a tropical crop like bananas and the industry chose to focus on a few apple varieties and particularly on Red Delicious as the archetypal variety.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
These include popular apple varieties like Red Delicious, Granny Smith, and Gala.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 25 Nov. 2024
Apples like Red Delicious, McIntosh, Gala, and Fuji are overly sweet and have a soft, mealy consistency that become mushy and grainy when baked.
—Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Cosmic Crisp is climbing up the charts while Red Delicious is plummeting as a proportion of all apples produced.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Red Delicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Red%20Delicious. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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Red Delicious
noun
: a usually large apple with sweet crisp juicy flesh and dark red skin
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