: a usually large apple with sweet crisp juicy flesh and dark red skin
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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 See All Example Sentences for Red Delicious
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