Colours of apple

[Phang]

This has bothered me from time to time ever since I ate my first apple.

I have tried asking around for the past 30 years but never get a definite answer.

My question:

Are green apples and red apples from the same tree before they are harvested and sent to the supermarket?

In another words, if green apples are left long enough on the tree, will it turn into red apples?

I am living at the equator, never see an apple tree in my entire life

Phang

[Series4]

No, some apples stay green. Others grow to different colours so the old aphorism to "compare apples to apples" isn't always true.

http://www.woodbridgefruittrees.com.au/ ... s/2-apples

[Phang]

Thanks for the reply, same applies to grapes?

[Series4]

Yes, but sour grapes are always the same

[Rafael]

Ditto what Series4 said, but they can be from the same tree. Apple varieties are clones, no not cloned genetically, but a desired variety is grafted on to root stock. So, one can graft multiple varieties on to one tree. I've seen it done, though I think there needs to be the right varieties in the area for proper pollination -not sure. In apples, the variation from one generation to the next is so great that if you plant a seed from an apple you like, the offspring fruit will taste like crap in comparison. Sort of like humans, parents are saints and kids are demons!

[Holt]

Phang;

There are about 7500 different sorts of apples on this small planet. They differ in shape, taste, color and thickness of the peel. Fresh apples from the trees as they come up here have utterly thin peels which doesn't ned to be peeled, which may indicate that peel is the wrong word.

I'll give you a pic of a blooming apple-tree and a few of some different ripe apples as grown up here in the North.





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Transparante Blanche

- hoping you'll enjoy the taste of a real fresh apple some day.

[Daniel Kalal]

to add some Guzzi content to this...

I stopped at an apple orchard just east of the town of Stelvio. What's interesting is that while all the apples were some green variety, the ending tree of every row had only red apples. Knowing the Italians, this might have been done purely for artistic reasons, but there might be a good horticulture reason as well. I've no idea.

[Holt]

On appletrees it's very easy to graft cuttings, often used for small gardens as you can easily grow a variety of apples on the same tree.
Probably what happened here, despite the size of the growing...

[contractor20]

What's interesting is that while all the apples were some green variety, the ending tree of every row had only red apples. Knowing the Italians, this might have been done purely for artistic reasons, but there might be a good horticulture reason as well. I've no idea.

Daniel there appears to be red fruited trees along the row in the photo which suggests to me they may be there for pollenation reasons, as some apples are tetraploid or tri/diploid (and other stuff I have long forgotten). I seem to remember the old variety Gravenstien is a tetraploid and is a bit biennial so needed a good pollenator to keep it regular. The red pollenator is also chosen to help seperate the variety at picking time.

Hey Series Woodbridges is a good source!!

[tomsp]

Phang - you mentioned GRAPES - I love grapes. My wife loves grapes. Grapes for wine are all RED. White wine ( ) comes from RED grapes with the skin peeled! My wife is here below kneading the head in a barrel during the primary fermentation making Zinfandel Red in Lodi CA