I have yet to eat a spur type red delicious that was worth anything. We used
to grow Top Reds and later a sport of that was Classic. Both were good tasting
reds but a non spur. They need to be planted on dwarfing rootstock to make
them come into bearing earlier.
Also an older type of red was
I certainly am no expert but we grew one called Red Prince for several
years top worked on a Mac or Cortland that seemed to be an excellent
compromise between color and taste. It is not a spur type and is quite
vigorous. We do not have any left --replaced by Oregon Spur II.
Allen Teach
Su
I would agree with Howard that Hawkeye Delicious has the best flavor,
at least of any Delicious sports I've eaten. As is often the case,
it's hard to beat the original. I look forward to eating from my one
tree every year.
Unfortunately, it's not a RED Delicious, at least not as consumers
u
Hawkeye
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Hello everyone,
I am going to plant more Red Delicious
The Ryan Red has by far the best flavor.
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Hi David- I would plant Cameo as a replacement. It has the old fashioned
flavor that
Hi David- I would plant Cameo as a replacement. It has the old
fashioned flavor that your talking about. Out North Jersery PYO
operators cannot plant enough of it.
Win
Win Cowgill
Professor, County Agricultural Agent
County Extension Department Head
PO Box 2900
6 Gauntt Place
Flemington, NJ
> > > Hello everyone, > I am going to plant more Red Delicious
in 2008. > > > David Barclay I'm glad to hear you say this
David. I've never stopped liking Red Delicious apple, I just won't buy them in
mass retail outlets. Frankly, every variety seems to be abused by the
distribution system so m
Hello everyone,
I am going to plant more Red Delicious in 2008.
We were head over heels with Red Delicious in the 1960's and 1970's.
Over the years I yanked them out and replaced them with new varieties.
Now my local and asian customers are clamoring for more than I have now.
We've had Starkrims