I have found something very curious. We are allowed
to pick whatever fruit we can find in the neglected
yard behind us. The trees get almost no care.
Two apple trees had a number of green and red fruits.
I have found that these are usually unripe. Then I
noticed some that were yellow; on some you could see a
touch of the red that had faded.
The core was nasty on the apple I tried, as expected.
The big surprise was that part of the flesh appeared
stained with red. It was delicious - tart, sweet, and
crunchy.
I have never heard of fruit going from red to yellow.
Can anyone guess what kind of apples these are? Is
the red stain anything toxic?
Merry Luskin, Oakland CA
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I've bought Jonathan apples that have red flesh.
Laura
At the farmers' market this morning a woman came by and asked if we had
something called a strawberry apple that has red flesh. It is used to
make pink applesauce.
Lucy
A long time ago my uncle Bert, the fruit farmer, had a variety of apple that
had red tinged flesh. It may have been a strawberry that Lucy talked about,
but I cannot recall what it was. I do know it is an older variety, an
"heirloom" maybe, something uncle Bert had for a long time and a favorite
among many of his buyers.
Kimm
I know of several varieties in Europe but could not put a name on any. There
has been a very active breeding policy to cultivate an apple with complete
red flesh. Unsuccesful so far I'm sure. The red stain is nothing toxic.
john
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Hi, I can't remember the type, but recently I was eating some apples that had streaks of red in the flesh. They were good.
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Lucy Goodman
At the farmers' market this morning a woman came by and asked if we had
something called a strawberry apple that has red flesh. It is used to
make pink applesauce.
Lucy
--0-1872929895-1125213052=:71485Hi, I can't remember the type, but recently I was eating some apples that had streaks of red in the flesh. They were good.
. . . been truckin' along in my garden - got my small waterfall fountain going today after being shut down for over a year. I love the sound that I hear now as I type this email.A little over a year ago I started an email list through yahoo for gardeners in my neighborhood. They just haven't gotten into it like you guys. But just today I was able to set the date for our first garden tour - Sept. 25th. It will be small; just 9 gardens ( mine is one - so I still have tons and tons to do here ) Cheers, SuePlant Spirit Herbals in No. Calif. Hope none of you are adversely effected by the weather this week. It was 97degrees again today - too hot of a summer. I am ready for more temperate weather.
Lucy Goodman <goodows@INFINET.COM> wrote:At the farmers' market this morning a woman came by and asked if we had
something called a strawberry apple that has red flesh. It is used to
make pink applesauce.
Lucy
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I do like the idea of natural pink apple sauce I must say
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MLuskin wrote:
Hi Merry
It is not unknown for unripe apples to show red tints, which might be replaced
by yellow on ripening I suppose. Red colours in unripe fruit can sometimes be an
indication of poor root action and just possibly your neglected tree has some
trouble of this sort.
Sorry can't help with identification though. Most probably it isi a variety
unknown in the country anyway.
As to the red tint it is certainly unusual to find such tinting in apple flesh,
but maybe normal for that variety.
As to your question about whether it might be toxic. I think you have probably
answered this for yourself. If I understand you correctly, you ate the apple and
found it delicious and you don't mention any later ill-effects, so I guess the
red colour must be harmless!
Moira
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KIMM wrote:
Well
It seems red colour in apple flesh is not so uncommon after all, though I am
sure I have not seen it myself in any variety, not even in Jonathans which are
occasionally grown here (and I once had dwarf one in this garden).
I do like the idea of natural pink apple sauce I must say
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
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