[JohnTHaller]

For an example, the red delicious apple. 75% of the Washington state's apples in the 1980s. It was bred for color and shelf life and, in the process, they bred out the taste. In 2000, a congressional bailout was approved for the growers that had lost $760 million dollars over a 3 year period due to the now-worthless apples.

[mrjudgejoebrown]

Hawkeye is what Red Delicious used to be. You can still find it grown by smaller orchards around the country.

[quixoticelixer-]

Most modern apple cultivars have a lot more taste and flavour than red delicious