Why are apples today so tasteless?

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In the fruit bin in our refrigerator we have a whole bunch of apples and oranges. I eat a couple of the oranges every day. But the apples just sit there, even though I love a good apple. The problem is that these apples aren't "good." They look great, but they have no taste. It wouldn't be so bad if we got that kind just every once in a while. But lately all the apples we get at the supermarket seem to have very little flavor. Eventually my wife will use them to make some kind of apple desert, so they won't go entirely to waste. But it's very frustrating to bite into a good-looking apple expecting a fruity treat, and then be disappointed when it tastes like water with just a hint of apple flavor. We've pretty much given up on buying apples. Maybe if everybody refused to buy the stuff stores put out now, they would start selling good-tasting apples again. Photo credit: pasja1000 via Pixabay (Public Domain)