Today’s Grown Diaries selection is a bit of a ringer.
The Golden Delicious apple is one ‘cultivar’ (cultivated variety) of this ubiquitous fruit, one which is grown in the U.S. and Europe. According to this wikipedia article, it was discovered in West Virginia in 1914 and was originally called Mullin’s Yellow Seedling. Interestingly, it is not related to the popular Red Delicious.
I mentioned this was a ringer selection, which is because I already love eating Red Delicious apples. It isn’t completely out of order, though, since this whole re-education process began earlier this year with the Red Delicious as one of its initial taste tests. I have one of them almost every day. With that in mind, and given my liking them, it made sense to begin broadening my apple knowledge.
Even if the two apple cultivars are not directly related, I found there to be a certain similarity between them, in texture and taste. Of course I can’t base all Golden Delicious on this one example, but by comparision it seemed not as sweet as most of the Red Delicious I’ve had — or perhaps a different sort of sweetness. It was, however, very tasty and something I would not in the future turn down. It’s good to know, too, that if the Red Delicious at the market aren’t looking good one day, I can grab a few of these instead.
I’m looking forward to continuing the apple explorations soon, as there are a number of other popular varieties from which to sample.