Red Through and Through: The Redlove Era Apple

Have you seen this new apple yet? It's red to the core!

This new breed of apple is one of the first to have a completely red interior. The marketing claims that the apple will not turn brown when cut. It definitely retains its color when cooked — look at the photo above. It looks like quince! Lovely.

This cultivar was developed in Switzerland and is currently marketed by Suttons, a nursery in the UK. So far this apple is just available as a tree from Suttons. We don't know when or if the apple itself will make it into the market here in the US, but we hope it does. We'd love to try it.

• Read more: at Suttons and commentary at Slashfood and My Garden

(Images: Suttons)

Comments (12)

So lovely. Is it a heritage or something that has been engineered?

Have you ever had a Pink Pearl apple? It's pink on the inside as well and very tart. They taste so good, but are really hard to find.

@AnnebelleSF, it's a new cultivar. It's not GMO, though - it was developed the old-fashioned way through grafting and breeding.

There is another, heirloom varietal that is grown out here in the PNW... we found some last fall in the Hood River Valley, but were told by the farmer that they aren't exported even to Portland (1hr away) because they're too delicate. I think the varietal was called the Cascade Rose or something similar. They're particularly delightful because they don't turn pink until you bite into them! The skin is a kind of rosy gold.

The complex flavors of these heirloom varietals are just unbeatable -- we tasted another one that was like cinnamon and cloves alongside the apple flavor!

Ack! Ok those are too cool looking!

Pink Pearls are delicious! I would love to try this new fruit. But I don't think it's the first red apple:
http://www.fruitnet.com/content.aspx?ttid=11&cid=7512

So pretty! I want pink/red apples to come to where I live too! Does anyone know of any in MN? I'd travel for them.

This is gorgeous! Re: growing/engineering of apples, you should definitely check out Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire. Long and fascinating chapter about apples and how they grow in the wild, with no help from mankind.

I can't find any photos of this other than the two above, but from the pattern on the slice it looks like if you took a picture directly into that slice, the core would look like a red heart within that white mark.

Plants people are always trying to breed new & interesting things--that's how I know I'm not one. My father was a great gardener and always was up on the latest cultivars from unique farms & growers.

Mutants of apples are common - they create their own new types without needing genetic modification. This one looks really interesting.