I’ve got a red delicious apple tree. The ones in the store are picked green. Left to tree-ripen they are incredibly ‘delicious’.
I was once visiting my Sister and Brother-in-Law in Chesterfield County, VA. He was a federal agent and drove a lot in the Virginia countryside.
He stopped at a farmers roadside stand and bought a half bushel of apples. I have never had such good ones both sweet and flavorful.