What is a red delicious apple?
The red delicious apple is unintentionally created in 1880 from a random seedlings and grown considerably since its introduction of the public in 1892. The earliest version of this apple was yellowish round fruit, but changes in growing conditions, fertilization and harvesting changed the red oval in the shape of an oval apple. The taste also changed and the apple, which was once known for its excellent sweetness, lost part of its original taste, texture and general attraction. Since the 1880s of the 20th century, the production of Red Delice Apple has been constantly decreasing as a result of decreased consumer demand.
Iowan farmer, who grew up the original Red Delice, named Hawkeye and entered the competition. Hawkeye won a competition operated by Stark NurSeries and changed Apple's name to Stark Delicious. In 1914 it was renamed Red Delice in an effort to distinguish it more clearly from the newly sanded Golden Delice.
Over time, Washington State became the largest American producer of a red delicious apple. Trees that need six to eight hours of sunlight every day grow best in a warm summer climate. But they are not tolerant drought and need colder autumn weather to be successful. Washington State provided perfect cultivation conditions and began to offer red delicious apples for sale throughout the year. Although the harvest season is September to December, apples are located in abundance in the cooling storage, so they are also available in supermarkets for the rest of the year.
When the red delicious apple became mass -produced in various orchards and other apples were placed in cooling storage, their taste and appearance began to change. The new cultivars were longer, red and less sweet than the original Hawkeye. If the growers have not launched their crops at the optimum time, the resulting apples could be slightly or unimpressed. Consumers noticed these changes and noThe onzision in the red delicious variety and bought them in smaller numbers. In 2003, Red Delice was only 37% of Apple Washington State, 75% at the beginning of the 80s.
While red delicious production decreases, some of his descendants have become more successful. Fuji, the result of the Red Red Delicious with Ralls Janet, became increasingly popular. Red Delice was also bred with McIntosh Apples to develop an Empire variety and crossed with a cox orange pippin to create Kidd's Orange Red. Since these offspring gain greater exposure and grow in popularity, the demand for red delicious can notice another decline.