Chris wrote:
> "Gabby" > wrote in message
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>>I'd rather chew cardboard than a red or golden delicious apple,
>>nutritious or not. But Cortlands are right up there so I'll keep
>>eating those.
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> I agree about red delicious apples. Whoever named them must not have
> tasted them first! But I've had some very good golden delicious apples
> in season -- some grown in Washington, and some grown locally. I was
> surprised at how good they were.
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> Chris
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They used to taste good. Then they kept on "tweaking" them to look like
a perfect apple but lost the flavor along the way. The Fuji apple is the
"repaired" version of the red delicious. It is a cross breed developed
by the Japanese to bring the flavor back.