1. New variety ( red delicious, gala, fuji, honey crisp)
2. Customer says, "I really like it! Could you make it redder?"
3. Farmer/nursery selects for apple strain that is redder, implicitly deselecting all other characteristics.
4. Customer selects red'est version of variety in the super market and passes up less-red variety.
5. Non-red variety taken out or grafted over in orchards to super-red variety.
6. Customer says, "I don't know why, but I don't like the taste of galas anymore!"
7. goto 1
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1. New variety ( red delicious, gala, fuji, honey crisp)
2. Customer says, "I really like it! Could you make it redder?"
3. Farmer/nursery selects for apple strain that is redder, implicitly deselecting all other characteristics.
4. Customer selects red'est version of variety in the super market and passes up less-red variety.
5. Non-red variety taken out or grafted over in orchards to super-red variety.
6. Customer says, "I don't know why, but I don't like the taste of galas anymore!"
7. goto 1
reply