Experience with Red Fleshed Apples

Last photo is earlier than the second. Sadly I didn’t find a photo in where all the fruits were ripe. The acidity fades in time, but they do it best on the tree. I left some apple till near end of October, and my brother, who is picky, loved them.

Here is the size of a ripe Circe :

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Wow, Circe in bloom is so beautiful! I have been considering the Red Love apples – particularly Era - but I have heard mixed reviews and I can’t get any to try up here and tress/scion are hard to come by and expensive. That’s OK, not being able to find the perfect apple is a Cadillac problem, as they say. :slight_smile: Thanks everyone for your kind suggestions!

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Niedzwetzkyana?

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Never heard of it. I am quite sure no one ever sent me the scionwood, except for if that person sent it to me by mistake. The chance was slim to none.

@SMC_zone6 ,
Took this ugly-looking apple out from a fridge. It dropped to the ground from a multi-grafted tree some time in Oct. Not sure which graft it dropped from.

Took a bite and was wowed!! I am not easily wowed by my home grown fruit. Maybe, I did not expect much from this ugly duckling.

Had to put it down and cut it up to take pics. It was crunchy with a nice blend of sweet and tart. Brix was 14, considering so much rain we got, I was impressed.

Any idea what variety?

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Pink Parfait?

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Possible.

This was my Pink Parfait from last year.

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This one dropped a few weeks earlier than the one from last year.

My Pink Parfait graft appears to have several fruit buds. I like this variety a lot, a very good apple, regardless of pink-fleshed or not.

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Pink pearl?

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Actually, are there any red fleshed that AREN’T pretty in bloom?
(Some of the Etter varieties, possibly.)

Redfield is hard to beat. Unopened buds in evening of Odysso have a black cast of red. I hope to see some more varieties in bloom for the first time in 2022.

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@Rosdonald

Mamuang’s photo is not Pink Pearl.

Pink Pearl has green transluscent skin. In the years that the pink develops to a darker shae you can almost see the pink through the skin.

Mike

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Thanks for clarifying

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@Rosdonald

PINK PEARL

Mike

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That’s a really big apple! If the ruler is accurate.

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Same with Mott’s Pink. Still one of my favorite apples! They don’t have it here.

Mike,
The recent pic I posted, I believe it was Pink Parfait.

Thanks for posting your Pink Pearl pic. It confirmed that my other mysterious pink fleshed apple fruited first time this year was Pink Pearl.

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@mamuang
Hi,

There are years when the pink is really dark and very dominant throughout the flesh and in some years it is just wisps of pink.

@BlueBerry

Well, that photo was taken this year, but, inflation does not quite work that way. :innocent::wink:

Mike

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PINK APPLES! - Why This Special Apple is PINK Inside (Hidden Rose Apple) - Weird Fruit Explorer - YouTube

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Thanks Mike. The flesh is similar but forgot about the translucent skin.

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@Luisport

I heard that Hidden Rose is also known as Aerlies Red Flesh.

Can anyone confirm this as I have Aerlies Red Flesh

MIKE

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