How about them apples?

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As a kid, my favorite apple by far was the Red Delicious. But over

the years, it seemed like the red delicous got less and less

delicious, and more and more bland and mealy, with a peel that seemed

to get more and more rubbery. So other apples seem to have taken its

place -- Fujis, Galas, etc.

 

Yesterday I bought some organic Red Delicious apples, largely because

the price was really good. I wasn't expecting much but a mediocre

apple for a good price. But when I bit into one -- WOW. These were

the apples I had as a kid! So incredibly good! Crisp, sweet, just

an amazing delight!

 

To confirm that I wasn't hallucinating, my boy, who normally avoids

fruit, chowed down two in about 3 minutes. He loved them as much as

I did.

 

So -- why have MOST Red Delicious apples gotten so bad? Obviously,

when I was a kid, most of them were good. I thought I was

romanticizing these boyhood apples until yesterday, when I had one

that was really just like the ones I had as a kid.