Before the 1980s, there were usually three varieties of apples available: red, yellow and green. Growing up, Bedford mostly ate the Red Delicious variety and didn’t like apples as a result.
The Honeycrisp he sampled as a test crop was so different from the Red Delicious apples he had grown up with, “and my knowledge was so limited that I was a little uncertain: ‘Is this okay?
In 2018, Gala apples became the most-produced variety in the U.S., ending a 50-year run for Red Delicious at the top. Can’t tell a Honeycrisp from a Fuji? You are not alone. Apples vary in ...
Grocery stores only recently started stocking a variety of apples Not so long ago, most American supermarkets sold only a few apple varieties – Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths.