Red Delicious

DESCRIPTION

The Red Delicious is an excellent keeper known for the consistency of its texture, bright red color, and conical shape. It is a sweet apple, lightly aromatic with a firm, cream-colored flesh. The Eastern Red Delicious is a little smaller and has a more knobby end than its western cousin. Generally it is a little juicier and sweeter ripening under New England's long summer days and crisp fall nights. Picking begins in early October.

HISTORY

Developed in the 1870s, the Delicious was initially called "Hawkeye." The apple was renamed in 1893 after C. M. Stark bit into one and said, "My that's delicious-and that's the name for it!" It is best eaten fresh, in salads, and in fruit compotes.

RECIPES

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