The Red Delicious was first discovered by a farmer named Jesse Hiatt, who stumbled upon a unique looking apple tree growing in his Peru, Iowa, orchard. That tree produced a “delicious, ...

Consider the fate of America’s favorite apple. It emerged from an Iowa orchard in 1880 as a round, blushed yellow fruit of surpassing sweetness. But like a figure in a TV makeover show, it was ...

Move over Red Delicious, America's got a new favorite apple 05:00. The long-running reign of the Red Delicious is coming to an end, and for some apple connoisseurs, it can't come soon enough.

The Red Delicious is no longer the dominant apple in American orchards, the U.S. Apple Association said last week, after lasting five decades in the top spot. The Gala apple is now first; Red ...

The Red Delicious became “the largest compost-maker in the country,” he said, as shoppers routinely bought the apples and threw them away. By the 1940s, ...

In the 1980s heyday of the Red Delicious, it represented three-quarters of the harvest in Washington state, epicenter of the apple industry. By 2000, it made up less than half, and in 2003, the ...

The iconic Red Delicious apple is expected to lose its crown as America’s most popular apple, a title which the variety has held for over 50 years, according to the U.S. Apple Association.

The Red Delicious apple is expected to lose its title as the most popular apple this year, a perch it held for more than half a century. $3,500 iPhone possible? What to know 📋 How to talk money ...