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I bought a house with apple trees last year. One of them makes little red apples where the color of the flesh has red streaks, like someone dripped stain on to
by CalRobert 7y ago
I bought a house with apple trees last year. One of them makes little red apples where the color of the flesh has red streaks, like someone dripped stain on to it or something.
They're _wonderful_. The closest I can describe it (and my wife agrees) is that it's like if watermelon jolly rancher actually was a natural flavour. But if you wait more than a day or two after picking they're not particularly good at all.
Maybe a John Gidley's Pearmain? ( https://www.fruitid.com/#view/1012 https://www.fruitid.com/#view/1012 ) - but really don't know. Fruitid is great for fruit identification.
Grow an apple tree (several, actually, to pollinate each other) is what I'm saying I guess.
- stefanv 7y agoIt may be a type of Redlove apple. The smallest ones are called Redlove Lollipop
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoThat flavor reminds me eating fresh snake fruit in Indonesia. It’s like an Apple that takes tastes like a strawberry (snake fruit has nothing to do with apples, just the texture of its flesh is similar).
- twic 7y agoDiscovery apples look like that: https://www.orangepippin.com/varieties/apples/discovery https://www.orangepippin.com/varieties/apples/discovery https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/product/discovery-apple-trees https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/product/discovery-apple-trees My dad has a small tree of them. I don't recognise the watermelon flavour, though - but then i don't think i've ever tried Jolly Ranchers.
- zhynn 7y agoYou should check Adam's blog and see if they are already there! http://adamapples.blogspot.com/ http://adamapples.blogspot.com/
- CalRobert 7y agoThanks! It's hard to pick a type for sure though.
- andrewla 7y agoIf the trees were grown from seed, it is almost guaranteed that the apple you have is unique, though it may share some characteristics with other varieties. All apple varietals are grafted (cloned) from the original specimen onto other root stock. It sounds like they don't hold their flavor well, so they're unlikely to be suitable for large-scale commercial cultivation, though apparently there are active communities of apple enthusiasts who would be happy to take cuttings.