Black Diamond apples are a rare variety from the family of Hua Niu apples (also known as the Chinese Red Delicious). The name is a little misleading because they aren't exactly black, but rather a dark hue of purple.
The Black Diamond apple (Chinese: gāla guǒ; 嘎啦果) is a rare breed from the family of Huaniu apples that is cultivated in the Tibetan region of Nyingchi. Despite what the name suggests, the apple rather is a purple hue, with white pulp on the inside. Its unique color is due to the region's high altitude of over 3,500 m.
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They can grow up to 15 inches in diameter and weigh up to 1 kilo. They are the world's most costly and largest apples, with a single apple costing $21 (Rs 1,554). The fact that these apples are hand pollinated, washed in honey, and hand stamped sets them apart from other apples.
Black Diamond apples look like something the Evil Queen would've given to Snow White. However, this dark fruit is not poisonous — but it is exceedingly rare. That's because it requires unique growing conditions that only exist in remote areas of the world.
Sistema said that the ghost apple phenomenon is so rare because it requires very specific weather conditions; it must be cold enough to stop the ice melting, but warm enough to rot the apples and turn them into mush.
RAINBOW was thought to have become extinct, but Carlos Manning discovered this tree in a small town near his home. According to Lee Calhoun, it was a Missouri apple sold by Stark Bros. Nursery around 1900, and was listed by a Virginia nursery from 1898 to 1901 as a dessert apple.
Guava plant is considered to the process of the biological activity and medicinal application of guava so thatthe fruit considered as the poor man apple of tropics.
Australian finger limes are a species of citrus fruit that are native to rainforests of the central eastern coast of Australia.
Quinces. Frequently, the term "golden apple" is used to refer to the quince, a fruit originating in the Middle East.
A new unique apple variety from Zaiger Genetics, Ghost apple is in a category by itself. These white skinned, white flesh apples have a sweet sub-acid flavor. This is a heat-loving apple that ripens in early July.
1. Lapis Lazuli. Lapus Lazuli is a blue mineral so rare that in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was actually more valuable than gold.
#GhostApples. It's an unusual phenomenon where freezing rain coats rotting apples before they fall, then when the apple turns mushy it eventually slips out and leaves the icy shell still hanging on the tree.
But which apples are the best tasting apples? Some of the best tasting apple varieties are Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fuji, Ambrosia, and Cox's Orange Pippin. These varieties are most flavorful when picked at peak ripeness and eaten within a few months of harvest.
Davis's project aims to incorporate Wikipedia into the apple genome. For this purpose, he plans to use the world's oldest known apple, a 4000-year-old variety of M. sieversii. This isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.
Cherimoya or custard apple
The fruit has a custard-like texture and tastes like a blend of tropical fruits. In fact, Mark Twain loved them so much, he called them “the most delicious fruit known to man.”
Among the native fruits, eleven prominent native species have been commercially produced in Australia including bush tomato, Davidson's plum, desert lime, finger lime, Kakadu plum, lemon aspen, muntries, quandong, Tasmanian pepper berry, and Illawarra plum.
Durians are regarded as the 'king of fruits', but many find their smell offensive.
One variety rises above the rest for sweetness – the KIKU, a natural mutation of the beloved FUJI apple. Discovered by chance in a Japanese orchard by an Italian apple grower in 1990, and introduced in the US in 2010, KIKU apples have a devout and growing following, with moms and chefs alike getting to know this newby.
Wolf River is an American cultivar of domesticated apple, which originates from the shores of the Wolf River of Wisconsin, in the United States of America, known since 1875. The tree is exceptionally frost hardy and generally disease resistant, and thus keeps well in storage.
Hidden Rose are a natural hybrid apple first discovered growing wild in the Pacific Northwest around 1960. The variety was never cultivated commercially until a few years ago. Hidden Rose are tart and mildly sweet, with a distinctive strawberry-lemonade flavor.
The Bloody Ploughman was first recorded in 1883. It originates from the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. It is a medium to large apple, flat-round in shape, with ribs. It has dark red skin, when ripe the crisp, juicy flesh can be stained pink.
It is a hybrid of fuji, golden and honeycrisp. This new variety is resistant to browning and is described as being on the tart side. The apple is starchy right off the tree so it is harvested in September and October and stored until they are packed in January and February.
The Viking is a medium sized summer apple with a very deep dark maroon to purple color. It is crisp, juicy and tart. This apple has an outstanding flavor profile when cooked, and makes the perfect apple for apple cider as well as applesauce.