Listened to Planet Money Episode 627: [The Miracle Apple](http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/27/410085320/episode-627-the-miracle-apple)

>For a long time, pretty much every apple in the grocery store looked and tasted the same, and they weren’t very good.

>Today on the show, how we got from mealy, nasty apples to apples that actually taste delicious.