I've heard someone describe them as "garbage apples" and I have to agree. There's not much taste to them and I've found they're more tart than they're touted as.

I don't because the texture is mushy. Apples should be crisp.

red delicious? more like red digusting lol

Red Delicious used to be good apples. They've been overbread, like a golden retreiver that ends up with cancer because it's mom is also it's cousin and it's aunt. They have "breed" the RD apples for maximum redness and to survive shipping, with no thought to flavor. That's why they are so gross now.

obvoiusly granny smith is best

I'm not a fan. They're bland and have a weird texture to me. I prefer fuji, gala, honey crisp, those kind of apples.

The taste just seems bland for me. It's the texture I can't stand. I like my apples crisp, not mealy.

I like them. They are a bit watery, but I like the taste. Gold delicious are my favourite.

I don't like them, they're grainy and not very flavorful.

Absolutely. Read a great article on them too...kind of explained why they are so reviled...https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-reign-of-the-red-delicious/379892/

Red Delicious taste like Styrofoam to me

They are the worst apples in existence. Honeycrisp are the best apples! Fuji are second. Cosmic Crisp apples are quite delicious. All have a great texture, unlike those red delicious apples, which are mushy and gross.

Red delicious, fresh from the orchard are amazing. The ones in the store are terrible.

They were bred for longevity in shipping and appearance. They are bland and mealy.

Red delicious apples are the "free lunch" of the apple world.

They are absolutely odd tasting. I'm not one of those people that can identify the nuances of all the different apple types, but red delicious are always, always, always obvious by taste. I can't even place the problem really, they just taste...weird.

They are disgusting and have a gross texture. I'm almost angry they're on this chart at all.

I loved em as a kid but I don't like em now.

Yes, but only if they are crisp.

I LOVE red delicious apples. I buy them almost exclusively. They have the perfect crunch/juicy/sweetness ratio

They are usually very grainy, spongy. They were developed for mass production, shipping ease and shelf life, to my understanding. I never eat them, as they are crappy IMO. I personally prefer a nice, crisp, tart apple. Many of these are only on the East coast.

I love it, that is my favourite kind since childhood :) My other fav is red chief, very similar texture to red delicious, but has a little bit more juice.

I do!

They're my favorite if stored/ treated right since they were picked... I've had some pretty awful ones too🤨

Never tasted one that was good much less delicious.

I like them! (and usually pass on Granny Smith)

I do as long as they are crispy. Honeycrisp is probably my favorite apple though

I don't think my reply went through so sorry if this is duplicated.anyway, I almost buy red delicious exclusively. They have the perfect crunch/sweetness/juicy combo

They're actually delicious IF they're picked ripe. They don't keep long when they're picked ripe, so they're usually harvested early. Most of the ones you'll buy are soft, pulpy, and flavorless unfortunately.

Red Delicious are not very good. They are too sweet and the texture is too mushy. I prefer Granny Smith or McIntosh. Never seen a Pacific Rose.

They are sneaky things. When they are good they can be very good (especially if u discard the peel) buuuut there is nothing worse than a mushy apple, and everything can point to them being crisp and then u take a bite of yuck-mush . . . Stick to the honey-crisp, easy to pick a juicy, sweet and crisp, and are less expensive than the fuji!!!

It's not just you, l have the same issue with red delicious.

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I've only, kinda like Red Delicious with a very sharp cheddar cheese wedge.

They’re the only kind I like!

They are my favorites 🤷‍♀️

The only apple for me!

Tree ripened and not over ripe is pretty good. But you have to live in an area where they are grown and get them in that perfect stage of ripeness. Didn't know they were edible until I moved to the Pacific NW.

I love them.

They were bred to endure shipping cross country via railways. Taste was not the top concern. People who don't care for them are called people with tastebuds.

To me they have a bitter peel and are way too mushy

no it's not you. Red Delicious is an oxymoron, yes it is red, no it is not delicious. Cotton wool has more flavour.

I used to really like them but I feel like they don’t taste the same as they used to in the before time

I eat them when they're the only option available, and I often have to double check that I didn't actually bite into a decorative foam apple by mistake.

I find them bland

Same

I don't like them either.

They are so far genetically engineered to have their red skin that the flavour has been bred right out of them unfortunately.

I love red delicious!

I do NOT like them they were squishy and had no taste

Taste weird and the texture reminds me of that green water absorbent foam that florists use.

Yes. I love them. But only when they are really big, like closer to a grapefruit size than the usual orange size I've seen as of late. The smaller ones tend to be slightly, maybe bitter (the skin) or have an after taste. The really big ones are juicy, crisp, a harder bite/texture. It's sadly been many years since I've seen any that big. I don't know if it's climate, climate change, someone effed with their DNA, growing them that big is far too expensive, there nowhere to grow them anymore, no one wants them that big or I have to find some special really expensive place that will have them. But I wish I could find them.

Red Delicious have a horrible texture and flavour. Yuk

No..they're awful. I just about live on Fuji and Honey crisp apples. Once you had the candy sweet apple tasting yummy ones, the rest are like fiber board

SAME

I feel like they are pretty tasteless, almost waxy. But I have discovered via this chart that I prefer the apples that are more tart than sweet.

Can’t stand them personally, especially the peel🫣😫

Not a fan of Red Delicious. Not crisp enough for me, and always tastes a little mealy.

Yeah not a fan.

Nope - I'm from WA state and they are my least favorite apple.

My parents like them, they also have a giant tree that grows them