We have been removing our Red delicious trees for the past 3 years and replacing with Ginger Gold, Sansa, Crispin, Early Auvil Fuji and Honeycrisp. But we have kept our Dixie Red Delicious since it has become a customer favorite over standard Red Delicious. Dixie Red Delicious has an intense and completely red color with superior white flesh makes it a favorite. It's a better late keeper in cool storage and has a late September harvest. Ours came from Stark Brothers.
Dennis Norton Royal Oak Farm Orchard http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com http://www.revivalhymn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Shoemaker To: Apple-Crop Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Strains of Red Delicious > > > 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 much they develop bad reputations, Red Delicioud being the worst case scenario. When New Zealand introduced Gala I told my wife it's a matter of time before the marketing system ruins them. The last few years we've had more disappointments with Gala than satisfaction. These varieties are redeemable. I'm not sure our system of distribution and mass-marketing of apples is. We have an old-strain non-spur Red Delicious tree at the Research Center. I look forward to the crops every year. I actually let them ripen before we pick them! Bill William H. Shoemaker Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops St Charles Horticulture Research Center University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- CoreComm Webmail. http://home.core.com
