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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.
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Steven Savage, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
These include popular apple varieties like Red Delicious, Granny Smith, and Gala.
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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.
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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.
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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 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
Red Delicious
noun
: a usually large apple with sweet crisp juicy flesh and dark red skin
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