Applevariety

Red Delicious

Also known as Delicious (historical reference) +8

Delicious (historical reference) · Hawkeye (original selection) · Delicios dublu rosu · Double Red Delicious · Prevoshodnoe dvoinoe · Starking Delicious · Starking Duble Red Delicious · Lebnani Sorkh · لبنانی سرخ

The modern name for Delicious and its many red-skinned sports.

Origin · Peru, Iowa, United States

Released 1924

Taste & texture

Sweetness
high
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Texture
Flesh grain fine
Used for
Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Surface colour Dark RedBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern striped
Flesh
Yellowish
Shape
Ellipsoid
Size
medium-largeWidth 69.50 mmHeight 67.00 mm
Appearance
very lowSurface ridges strong

Harvest & storage

Harvest
mid

region: US-WA

treefruit.wsu.edu ↗
Context & source
/observation/region
US-WA
/observation/method
extension_description

Origin & family

Where Red Delicious began

Recorded origin

Peru, Iowa

United States

Released
1924

Red Delicious’s family

2 varieties · 1 recorded linkArrows follow parents → children

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This variety

Red Delicious

Peru, Iowa, United States

Photo: Joergens.mi · CC BY 3.0

Delicious → Red DeliciousParent · Recorded

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On the label

Produce label codes recorded for Red Delicious

32844015401641674168

Organic labels add a leading 9.

Field notes

Original source notes
season timing
mid · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
skin colour ripe
red · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
sweetness
high · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
texture
juicy · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
size
medium · United Statesextension.umd.edu ↗
shape
conical · United Statesextension.umd.edu ↗
flesh colour
cream · United Statesextension.umd.edu ↗
Fruit & tree
size
medium-large
type
Dessert
shape
Ellipsoid
width
69.50 mm
height
67.00 mm
russet
very low
ribbing
strong
firmness
firm
synonyms
Delicios dublu rosu, Double Red Delicious, Prevoshodnoe dvoinoe, Red Delicious, Starking Delicious, Starking Duble Red Delicious
father to
Mandan Jupiter Hazen
mother to
Cacanska Pozna
parentage
Sport of Delicious
coarseness
fine
over colour
Dark Red
flesh colour
Yellowish
ground colour
Yellow
over colour pattern
striped
Sources 9

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