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The Red Delicious apple, like all apples (Malus domestica, which includes Malus pumila), originated in **Central Asia**, specifically in the **Tian Shan mountains** of modern-day **Kazakhstan**.
While the Red Delicious cultivar was developed in the United States, its genetic lineage traces back to wild apples in Central Asia.
