How to Use Red Delicious in a Sentence

Red Delicious

noun
  • How to get rid of garden bugs safely We’re so programmed to think that every leaf needs to look like the Red Delicious apples in the grocery store, pristine.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
  • Here, that’s a fruit platter with Florida oranges and Red Delicious apples.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Avoid overly sweet apples or those that tend towards softness or mealiness, such as Red Delicious apples.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Others, like the ubiquitous Red Delicious, don’t have enough balance of tartness and sugar to be terribly interesting.
    Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The Red Delicious lands in second place, but the popularity of that mainstreamer, once the undisputed apple of America's eye, is in rapid descent and is on its way to being overshadowed by the Honeycrisp's rapid trajectory.
    Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021

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