David Karp

David Karp, a pomologist and fruit expert, dives into the curious case of the Red Delicious apple—a fruit everyone loves to hate. He shares its intriguing origins, revealing how clever marketing turned the once-delicious Hawkeye apple into a grocery store staple. Discover the shift in consumer preference that led to increasingly bland apples, and learn why hotels stock them more for decoration than consumption. Karp also discusses the economic fallout from the apple industry's overproduction, leaving listeners with a taste of both history and humor.