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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 11 Sep 2014

    Why does the disgusting, potato-like Red Delicious apple rule American grocery stores? http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/why-the-disgusting-red-delicio.html …pic.twitter.com/W2QiUfEZ2N

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      1. Time for a Massive #MarchAgainstTrumpFascism‏ @PinchandScrimp 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing when I was hungry and homeless someone gave me an apple... and it wasn't disgusting

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      2. Uluwehi Knecht‏ @uluwehi_knecht 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @pixeltoo I've loathed Red Delicious since early childhood, it's mealy& bland. Vastly prefer: Pink Lady, Braeburn or Fuji apple

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      3. pixeltoo‏ @pixeltoo 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @uluwehi_knecht

        @jacobuluwehi @BoingBoing agree. Here is my prefered cultivars : Ariane and Reine des reinettes. You can get the last only on this days.

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      4. Uluwehi Knecht‏ @uluwehi_knecht 11 Sep 2014
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        @pixeltoo @BoingBoing If I am ever in a Francophone country I shall seek these varieties :)

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      1. Von Hutchins‏ @von_hutchins 12 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @marionscool they really are terrible apples

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      1. Vatijim‏ @vatijim 12 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @Sara_K_Naatz I thought the Gala had taken over.

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      1. Wayne Werner‏ @waynejwerner 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing no wonder I hate that crap

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      1. Juni Moon‏ @worldofjunimoon 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing I know! I like empire and honey crisp apples best.

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      1. The Drake‏ @floxed1 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing cause it's crisp, firm

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      1. J.D. Dogg™‏ @J_D_Dogg 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing #TeamMcIntosh

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      1. Libertylover501‏ @Libertylover501 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @PlanetRockwell is that the new Washington Redskins mascot?

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      1.  ⭐️  ⭐️ Tom Roud‏ @tomroud 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing isn't that the same story for most of typically American food ?

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      1. Kellz‏ @jkellapro3 11 Sep 2014
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        .@BoingBoing Red Delicious? More like Red Gross! #Humor

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      1. Brewster North‏ @brewsternorth 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing Not only American. Was the bane of grocery shops in the UK in my childhood, for one.

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      1. Susan McLoughlin‏ @H2OWise 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing Why do you call them disgusting?

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      1. dmcordell‏ @dmcordell 11 Sep 2014
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        .@BoingBoing In fruit, as in tech, I prefer Macs.

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      1. James Counsellor‏ @jcounsellor 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing I have long pondered this question.

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      1. Signs‏ @DomSigns 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing I took my family to the US last summer and introduced them to Red Delicious I grew up with, They loved it

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