Available: Late September - Early October

Taste: Sweet

Use: Eating

History:

It's the most popular variety in the world and in the United States, and it's Michigan's most widely grown variety. It came from the obscurity of a non-apple region--central Iowa. A farmer named Jesse Hiatt discovered the chance seedling on his farm near Peru, Iowa, and twice tried to chop it out. When it sprouted a third time, he gave it a reprieve and let it grow. At first it was called the Hawkeye variety and was later renamed the Delicious, later becoming known as Red Delicious to distinguish it from the Golden Delicious.