Definitely agree on your points. Red delicious are awful unless they're super fresh and still crisp, and even then they're just kind of blah.
I would argue as well that the tartness of a pacific rose is nowhere near that of a granny smith.
For a while there I could find them in the local supermarket and then they disappeared. Made me quite sad, as they're a great apple.
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