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Examples of Red Delicious in a Sentence
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While sweetness levels can be subjective, Fuji apples are often considered the sweetest apple variety out there, followed by Gala, Honeycrisp, and Red Delicious.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Apples: Apples are rich in antioxidants, especially darker-colored varieties like Red Delicious.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
Apple pie: Combine half of a small Red Delicious apple with a tablespoon of walnuts, a tablespoon of maple syrup and one-half teaspoon of apple pie spice.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
For more than 50 years, Red Delicious was king, but it was ousted in 2018 by the juicier, less-bitter-skinned Gala.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
This beautiful orchard offers a variety of apples to pick (Honeycrisps, Early Fuji, Gala, Jonathan, Empire, Crimson Crisp, and Golden and Red Delicious), as well as pumpkins and fresh flowers to transform your home for the autumn equinox.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
Available at Amazon [ MySeeds.Co Red Delicious Apple Big Pack ] These apple seeds produce hardy, adaptable red delicious trees that grow medium to large fruit.
—Jennifer Blair, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
Use bright green spider mums with Granny Smiths, or red mums with your Red Delicious.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
How to get rid of garden bugs safely We’re so programmed to think that every leaf needs to look like the Red Delicious apples in the grocery store, pristine.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Red Delicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Red%20Delicious. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
Red Delicious
noun
: a usually large apple with sweet crisp juicy flesh and dark red skin
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