The Green Dragon™ apple is a light, sweet, low-acid apple with a yellow/ green skin that is a favorite in Asia, where it traces its mysterious parentage to Japan in the 1920s. The name was inspired by the Chinese ancient symbol for royalty.
Melissa's Green Dragon® Apples are sweet with low acidity and numerous fruit esters in the aroma. It is said to be the most aromatic of apples. The taste has been described as having somewhat of a pineapple flavor and yet others have compared it to a pear. It is sweet yet leaves a subtle hint of tartness behind.
Originating in Japan from the Aomori Apple Research Center around 1920, the Green Dragon apple was named after the Chinese symbol for royalty. It is highly prized and a delicacy in many Asian countries.
The Green Dragon™ brand of apple is also known as Washu 1984 and is an heirloom variety originating in Japan. The Green Dragon™ Apple was named after the Chinese symbol for royalty, and it resembles a lime green Golden Delicious, dotted with brown freckles.
The Mutsu (睦奥 ムツ) apple, also known as the Crispin apple, is a cross between the Golden Delicious and the Indo apple cultivars first grown in Japan. A Mutsu Apple is a medium to large green apple with flesh varying in color from white to greenish yellow. It can be round, conical, or oblong and have unequal sides.
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.
Yubari melon is by far the most expensive fruit in Japan and even arguably in the world. It is available only to the top 1% in the society because of how rare it is. This is because it is only grown in greenhouses in the Yubari region in Japan. Yup, it's not mass produced so it is limited.
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.
#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.
Myth: "Hedge apples" (Osage orange fruit) or horse chestnuts can be used to repel spiders. Fact: The story that the fruit of the Osage orange tree (also called hedge apple, monkey ball, or spider ball) can repel or ward off spiders turns out to be extremely widespread in Midwestern states, where the trees are common.
Few people have ever gotten to the chance to even taste the Black Diamond apple. These apples are extremely rare and only grown in remote places in the world.
There are three species of dragon fruit in the genus Hylocereus and one species in the genus Selenicereus. Varieties of Hylocereus guatemalensis, Hylocereus polyrhizus, and Hylocereus undatus as well as hybrids of these three species are grown commercially worldwide.
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.
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.
The best apple for snacking is really a matter of personal preference, but you can't go wrong with a SweeTango®, Honeycrisp, Piñata®, Pink Lady or Fuji apple. All varieties will give you that fresh, crisp sweetness you're craving.
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.
Snow apples are round, conical, to ovate shaped fruits with a symmetrical appearance. The skin is smooth, matte, and has a yellow-green base, covered in bright red blush and striping. Underneath the surface, the flesh is soft, white, and crisp, encasing a small central core filled with black-brown seeds.
It has a smooth, glossy, even oily, golden-yellow peel. The sunny side of the apple can have lively red colors. The pulp is yellow-white, tender, sweet and resembles the taste of a reinette apple. The grenade has been used in much the same way as other old varieties in the region.
Named for its dark skin color, the Black Diamond apple breaks the red-and-green rules for most of the apples we see and eat. Though you might think this fruit resembles something from a fairy tale, we can assure you that black apples are real and safe to eat.
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.
Bananas are readily available in the grocery stores year-round and is definitely one of the cheapest fruits to buy. You can find the best deals on bananas here.
Listen to the story. Pawpaws grow in clusters of one to six green fruit, which darken to a yellowish-black as they ripen. The pawpaw was once a cherished treat and a source of sustenance for many people in the eastern US.
Find out why our beloved supermarket bananas, aka the Cavendish, are on the verge of extinction. Bananas are the world's most popular fruit, but the banana industry is currently dominated by one type of banana: the Cavendish (or supermarket banana) that we all know and love.