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Has the cosmic crisp apple suddenly gone to shit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Got a pack of C. Crisps from Costco two weeks ago, and they were awful. Little flavor, mealy texture. They looked beautiful, but that had zero crunch, and really bland flavor.

Figured it was a bad batch and bought another dozen from Fred Meyer. Same thing.

Is something going on in the world of apples? I get they’re not in season, but this seems extreme.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The red delicious used to be delicious.

This is how they all go eventually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuji is my favorite apple and they are going this way. Can someone explain why? Especially since (I assume) they're the same trees (Google says Apple trees produce for 50+ years).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I’m not educated on this in any way, but I’d assume it’s something to do with either soil nutrient depletion or pesticides. Or maybe crop inbreeding. (Is that even a thing?)

On the one hand, I’d not put it past corporations to simply replant the same crop over and over until the soil is ruined. On the other, I’d also not put it past corporations to switch to a cheaper pesticide that ended up damaging the product in the end.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

crop inbreeding. (Is that even a thing?)

Apples are propagated by grafting because the fruit are not true to seed. If you plant a seed, you have no idea what the fruit will be like. So they take known good trees and graft a part of them onto existing root stock of a compatible tree.

So breeding isn't really a thing for apples.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Huh. I am now smarter. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I’m not educated on this in any way, but I’d assume

Thank you for your contribution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I do know that some of our best apples are shipped overseas where they sell for a higher markup.

Friend of mine had an excellent apple in Japan once just to see that it was grown in Wenatchee.

[–] discostjohn 1 points 9 months ago

I used to absolutely love pink ladies, but a few years ago I noticed that every time I got them, they were really hard and lacking in flavor. I kept buying them for a while until I realized I couldn't remember the last time I enjoyed one. It's possible I've been extremely unlucky, or that I've only bought them out of season, but I've stopped buying them altogether.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Personally I never really got the hype. I tried them once and they seemed very unremarkable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

May I suggest envy in the mean time

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Perhaps it has something to do with how it’s currently still Winter in North America