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Golden Delicious were my favorite variety as a kid/teen in the early 90s, and they never seemed to have the problems you describe back then. Very crisp, with j
by slfnflctd 7y ago
Golden Delicious were my favorite variety as a kid/teen in the early 90s, and they never seemed to have the problems you describe back then. Very crisp, with just the right amount of sweet and juicy. I started noticing them going downhill probably in the late 90s or 00s-- I think something went sideways with their cultivation &/or supply chain. Similar thing happened with Red Delicious, I can occasionally still find a good one but they're usually inedible.
- jacobush 7y agoWow, that matches my experience - but I thought I had just developed a more refined taste. Golden and Red are almost and completely inedible to me, respectively.
- maxerickson 7y agoThey do this horror show where they pick them green and then store them for too long, after which they ripen them with ethylene gas and sell them. I think it happened to Fuji and Gala sometime in the last 5 years. Honeycrisp still doesn't have the volume, so it goes to market without the horror show and is thus still crisp and delightful.