Timeline of United States discoveries
The Red Delicious is a clone of apple cultigen, now comprising more than 50 cultivars. The Red Delicious apple was discovered in 1875 by Jesse Hiatt on his farm in Peru, Iowa. Believing that the seedling was nothing more than nuisance. After chopping down the tree three times, Hiatt decided to let the tree grow and eventually, it produced an unknown and new harvest of red apples. Hiatt would eventually sell the rights to this type of apple to the Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards who renamed it the Red Delicious.
Candy apple red
The color "candy apple red" is not mentioned in the 1930 book "A Dictionary of Color" by Maerz and Paul. However, a color called "candy pink" is mentioned, the first recorded use of which as a color name is recorded as being in 1926.
Virgin Atlantic began using candy apple red on the tails and engine nacelles of their fleet in July 2010.