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Default apples: west coast vs. east coast

On 24/10/2012 11:38 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Oct 24, 7:23 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "Somebody" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> My brother visiting from SF said although he can get Macintoshes out there
>>> they are from Washington and not as good as the ones back east (NY,
>>> Michigan). Hard to find Macs here, but ValuMarket had some. He bought a
>>> bag to take back with him.

>>
>> Could be ours are slightly different? Our complaint here is that the best
>> apples get sent out of state.

>
> No. A Washington state Red Delicious is a waste of calories.
>
> I'm old enough to remember when Red Delicious apples were. Now all
> they are is Red.
>



Heck. Even I am not that old. Even when I was a kid in the 50s I thought
that Delicious was a misnomer.