![]() Their skin is more demure, usually a gradient spanning the first two bands of the rainbow and underscored by a singe of green. Honeycrisps also never achieve the deep crimson lipstick-like hue of the Red Delicious. They’re smaller, rounder, and lack the gaudy, bulbous top that set Red Delicious apples apart. Honeycrisps, as if in defiance, aren’t shaped like Red Delicious. It’s also considered the first “brand name” apple - the University of Minnesota had a patent on it, earning royalties from trees sold to growers. The Honeycrisp is a millennial apple born in the 1990s, after years of careful planning. ![]() The Honeycrisp apple’s greatness, explained Its story is also a harbinger of apple greatness still to come. The Honeycrisp apple is as good as the Red Delicious is bad. This apple exemplifies American exceptionalism it is a feat of science as well as of grit and determination. In the past several years, a new apple has emerged, one that all other apples should be judged against. Because they are common and cheap, Red Delicious apples are often served in hospitals and cafeterias across this great nation. At worst, it’s like biting into an old baseball mitt, with shudder-inducing softness compounded by a flavor that tastes like it was muzzled between two cotton balls. At best, biting into a Red Delicious is like biting into a firm cantaloupe that has only a serviceable sweetness. The name is a total fabrication, a lie that’s woven its way into the tapestry of American culture. It’s been the most widely produced variety in the United States for nearly 40 years. The apple variety known as Red Delicious has, according to the US Department of Agriculture, dominated the apple industry since at least 1980. ![]() The apples we’re supposed to eat to keep doctors away, the apples we’re supposed to give to teachers to show our appreciation, the apples we compare to oranges - all of them are a deep, predictable red, and none of them are delicious. The idea that a red apple is a delicious apple is one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated against Americans. ![]()
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