Why can't you get red apples anymore?

Poxyshamrock

So over the past few years I've noticed I haven't seen red apples in shops anymore. There's like pink ladies and those red/yellow/green apples but no red red red proper red apples.

Anyone know why? :P

rockmongrel

Eh, you can still get them. I only get red, not a fan of green apples.

ElleEm

Cos they're minging. Red-y green ones FTW!

galwayrush

Easily available.

TeddyTedson

Granny Smith Apples are by far the nicest.
Red ones are traditionally poisonous if my memory serves me right.

questionmark?

wtf??? Ah yes you can!

Alter-Ego

Tesco do organic ones that are red but not very nice imo. Cripps Pink FTW

Gyalist

The only apples easily available in shops are those that can withstand the long journeys they have to make. This applies to all fruits really. The really tasty varieties are usually the most delicate and they are not stocked because of the huge losses that the supermarkets would incur.

Supermarkets only offer you the illusion of choice.

Forest Master

I only buy red apples - they have them everywhere. WTF, OP?

Poxyshamrock

They're so hard to come by in Limerick.

All I can ever find is like hybrid half green half red apples in Supermarkets...both Dunnes and Tesco.

http://images.indyposted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Red-Rome-Apple.jpg

I'm looking for the above...and not the below.

http://www.mainerebels.org/images/red-and-green-apple.gif

orourkeda

Its a long way from penny apples

Forest Master

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

They're so hard to come by in Limerick.

All I can ever find is like hybrid half green half red apples in Supermarkets...both Dunnes and Tesco.

http://images.indyposted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Red-Rome-Apple.jpg

I'm looking for the above...and not the below.

http://www.mainerebels.org/images/red-and-green-apple.gif

I get them in Superquinn, Sutton (Dublin) - and they had even redder ones than your example. Like this:
http://images.suite101.com/2497394_com_istock_red.jpg

dark crystal

I know what you mean, OP. I love Empire red apples, but can't find them anywhere. They were huge, hard and crispy, just yummy.

Now it's just the little ones, with greeny bits. They're all semi mushy inside too - not a proper crunch to them at all.

Bring back Empire apples!!

Iwannahurl

I remember those red apples. Always thought they were powdery sh:te.

Are Jonagold red enough? Dunnes Stores organic section. Good Irish produced apples IMO.

strokemyclover

In before "How do you like these apples?" link to guy flipping the bird

brummytom

Every supermarket does red apples


Pink Ladies all the way

Karona

Pink Ladies definitely, bloody love them, they are the only apples i eat.

Coriolanus

Did you even look OP? :P

Red ones are shlt anyway. Granny Smith is yer only wan.

starbelgrade

brummytom wrote: »

Every supermarket does red apples


Pink Ladies all the way

Racist.

Badgermonkey

Red apples are the staple diet of the Grey Squirrel.

Sooner or later they'll be fcuking your wife.