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Pretty much the same story as the Red Delicious Apple, Imperator Carrot, and Pascal Celery - the variety that was easiest to grow and was most shelf stable won

Pretty much the same story as the Red Delicious Apple, Imperator Carrot, and Pascal Celery - the variety that was easiest to grow and was most shelf stable won out, at the expense of taste or nutrition.

soperj 3y ago
I haven't had a red delicious in decades. Also apparently they used to be delicious. Most carrots I see in grocery stores here are Nantes.
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vladvasiliu 3y ago
We still have a variety of tasty apples here in France (don't know about their nutritional worth, though). But what totally kills me is seeing apples being hauled in all the way from freaking Chile, while the same variety is in season locally.
- bluGill 3y ago
  Few eat Red Delicious apples in the US either, they have been going out of style for decades as people realize other varieties have more flavor. They are the cheap option that are just popular enough for stores to still stock, but they get less space every year.
  - hgomersall 3y ago
    They seem to be a staple of corporate fruit bowls though.
    - bluGill 3y ago
      they are cheap and the people buying are not the people who will be eating them. Often nobody eats them they are decoration that will be thrown away when the event is over.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  > We still have a variety of tasty apples here in France Same here in the US. At least in the PNW, where we have a huge amount of apple growers. There are all sorts of Apple varieties in the supermarket, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Red Delicious are the least popular or close to it.
zeroonetwothree 3y ago
The most common apples at my local stores are Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp. No red delicious at all
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Same in my part of the US. Red delicious is present in the stores, but it's not nearly the most popular and isn't stocked in as great quantities.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    Yeah it's hard to have something like a honeycrisp and ever want a red delicious again. Even though the honeycrisp might as well be candy for all the nutritional value it has.
legitster 3y ago
> the variety that was easiest to grow and was most shelf stable won out This is a bit of a lazy trope at this point - and somewhat self-fulfilling. There are lots of counter examples or fruits that only seem easy to grow and shelf stable in hindsight because we prioritized them. Fresh pineapples, bananas, avocados, grapefruit, etc. Same thing with nutrition - the nutrition only declined after they were grown en masse or switched to hydroponic. Changing tastes account for a lot. People really thought these were superior products at the time. Also the rise of national media came with it recipe books - and consistent ingredients nationwide became desirable in its own way.

soperj 3y ago

I haven't had a red delicious in decades. Also apparently they used to be delicious. Most carrots I see in grocery stores here are Nantes.

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vladvasiliu 3y ago

We still have a variety of tasty apples here in France (don't know about their nutritional worth, though). But what totally kills me is seeing apples being hauled in all the way from freaking Chile, while the same variety is in season locally.

bluGill 3y ago
Few eat Red Delicious apples in the US either, they have been going out of style for decades as people realize other varieties have more flavor. They are the cheap option that are just popular enough for stores to still stock, but they get less space every year.
- hgomersall 3y ago
  They seem to be a staple of corporate fruit bowls though.
  - bluGill 3y ago
    they are cheap and the people buying are not the people who will be eating them. Often nobody eats them they are decoration that will be thrown away when the event is over.
rootusrootus 3y ago
> We still have a variety of tasty apples here in France Same here in the US. At least in the PNW, where we have a huge amount of apple growers. There are all sorts of Apple varieties in the supermarket, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Red Delicious are the least popular or close to it.

zeroonetwothree 3y ago

The most common apples at my local stores are Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp. No red delicious at all

JohnFen 3y ago
Same in my part of the US. Red delicious is present in the stores, but it's not nearly the most popular and isn't stocked in as great quantities.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  Yeah it's hard to have something like a honeycrisp and ever want a red delicious again. Even though the honeycrisp might as well be candy for all the nutritional value it has.

legitster 3y ago

> the variety that was easiest to grow and was most shelf stable won out This is a bit of a lazy trope at this point - and somewhat self-fulfilling. There are lots of counter examples or fruits that only seem easy to grow and shelf stable in hindsight because we prioritized them. Fresh pineapples, bananas, avocados, grapefruit, etc. Same thing with nutrition - the nutrition only declined after they were grown en masse or switched to hydroponic. Changing tastes account for a lot. People really thought these were superior products at the time. Also the rise of national media came with it recipe books - and consistent ingredients nationwide became desirable in its own way.