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KamaAina

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43. I see a Bear Flag

Reply to Piedras (Reply #42)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 11:14 AM

Sep 2014

So where is this favorite local apple orchard? Santa Cruz Mountains?

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The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious [View all] KamaAina Sep 2014 OP

Gimme a Fuji or even a granny smith ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #1

We don't buy Red Delicious Apples because other apples taste better. In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #2

The apple tree that wouldn't die... antiquie Sep 2014 #3

For the first two decades of my life that's what I thought apples were, period caraher Sep 2014 #4

red delicious = bad taste and texture. give me a mac, a macoun or a honeycrisp magical thyme Sep 2014 #5

My favorites too. redwitch Sep 2014 #41

For a long time that was about all you could find in grocery stores The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #6

Glad to hear they're on their way out. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #7

You nailed it there: mealy. n/t DebJ Sep 2014 #17

We have a tree in the back yard and the red delicious are delicious off the tree rurallib Sep 2014 #8

I absolutely adore apples. Put them in salads, sammies, slice them up and share them at work and mackerel Sep 2014 #9

I thought I was the only one - I hate the Red Delicious - also the Golden Delicious - LiberalElite Sep 2014 #10

Something changed pipi_k Sep 2014 #11

Personally I prefer MacIntosh. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2014 #12

NYS Apples, Peaches, blueberries and strawberries rule! hedgehog Sep 2014 #19

Bingo. Another fan of the MacIntosh Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #27

I love Macs too. geardaddy Sep 2014 #29

Love the Cortlands as well. DinahMoeHum Sep 2014 #32

Cortland's - yum MizzM Oct 2014 #47

I used to like them, but lost my taste for Red Delicious. kwassa Sep 2014 #13

i love pink ladies fizzgig Sep 2014 #25

I used to like Red Delicious, too, but they aren't any good anymore Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2014 #14

Why are they so waxy? Ron Obvious Sep 2014 #15

Could they be coated in wax? KamaAina Sep 2014 #16

"Nasty, cowardly, waxy things that taste like candles.' love_katz Sep 2014 #38

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #18

They are too often mealy. I never, ever buy them. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #20

So I have heard. KamaAina Sep 2014 #21

Sometimes you can get them on sale. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #22

Honeycrisps are my new favorite TK421 Sep 2014 #24

No but that's a good idea! Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #26

it almost reminded me of a dessert, give it a try TK421 Sep 2014 #34

Since they were developed here at the U of Minnesota geardaddy Sep 2014 #30

They have no flavor and I never liked them TK421 Sep 2014 #23

Flavor's OK, but the thick leathery skin is gross Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #28

You will note that there is no computer called the Red Delicious KamaAina Sep 2014 #31

True enough.......... Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #36

I have never understood this, I love the Red Delicious dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #33

They LOOK like apples, but they do not taste like apples. logosoco Sep 2014 #35

I love Jonathans, but they've become hard to find. usually end up with Braeburns, kath Sep 2014 #37

Aaarrrggghhh!!!! RiffRandell Sep 2014 #39

Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fuji, and Mac in the Fall... demmiblue Sep 2014 #40

Apples in season Piedras Sep 2014 #42

I see a Bear Flag KamaAina Sep 2014 #43

See Canyon apple orchards near Avila Beach, CA Piedras Oct 2014 #45

Not to worry. A coworker's boyfriend has at least one apple tree. KamaAina Oct 2014 #46

another person who dislikes the Red Delicious blehhh. My favorite is the Jazz! apple yellowdogintexas Sep 2014 #44