Ripped the pippins out of the orchard in the 70’s I believe...people (consumers) are so fickle....they wanted bright Red Delicious (that had no taste, but looked like they did.)
LOL...Red Delicious did look yummy, but the beauty was truly only skin deep. Can’t believe I used to eat those and think they were good.
I think all Mom and Dad bought were Red Delicious, Cortlands and Rome Beauties for cooking. We were in the Finger Lakes region of NY at the time, so we had a lot of local apples.