golden delicious

plural golden deliciouses

1. Alternative letter-case form of Golden Delicious.

   As if to make up for the orange apples’ strangeness, Jeremy chose two golden deliciouses from the raised right here bin.

   2003, Harry Turtledove, Gunpowder Empire (Crosstime Traffic; 1), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 19

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   A Smitty’s store had ordered eight cases of size 138 red delicious apples and six size 138 golden delicious apples. Ochoa, however, sent them 14 size 138 golden delicious.

   1992, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, volume 299, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 1016, column 1

   There are coppery-leafed forests along the riverbanks, and lanes of leaves the milky green of English apples. Closer to Toronto they have all turned the hue of golden deliciouses or McIntoshes; […]

   1996, William T[anner] Vollmann, “Disappointed by the Wind: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1993)”, in The Atlas, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 335

   And there are golden deliciouses and macintoshes and granny smiths and galas! Kids and adults can pick their own crops year round (nearly) at Butler’s Orchard, […]

   2006, NFT™—Not For Tourists™ Guide to Washington DC 2007, New York, N.Y.: Not For Tourists, Inc, →ISBN, page 286, column 1

plural Golden Deliciouses · alternative golden delicious

1. A variety of apple which is pale yellow/green in color, and has a mild sweet flavour

   The committee certainly spent a morning in an orchard, and there was a nice young apple-farmer with a beard who knew his Granny Smiths from his Golden Deliciouses.

   2016, Sarah Winterton, “The Awkward Squad in Their Pomp”, in The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page 232

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   Now this is quality produce, and you know what they say – you’ll never get tired of a good old Granny Smith, no matter how many of those horrible Golden Deliciouses you get rammed down your throat.

   1998 November, “Fanzine Farm”, in James Ashton, editor, N64 Magazine, number 21, Bath: Future Publishing Ltd, →ISSN, page 18

   Sure, they’re just adding animal hormones to fruit at parties on the weekend right now, but soon, they’ll be adjusting some apple DNA every night, staying out late and hanging out with seedy (unintentional but highly awesome pun!) characters. They’ll ignore their responsibilities, turn on their families, and resort to a life of crime to support this filthy habit.. And where does that leave us, your average student apple aficionados? Eating cow-infused Golden Deliciouses, that’s where.

   2009 September 15, Stacey McLachlan, “Secret Meat”, in D’Arcy Bresson, editor, The Lance, volume 82, number 6, Windsor, Ont.: University of Windsor, page 14