The red trait, which is common in crab apples and ornamentals, produces flesh colored anywhere from pink to deep red. Skin color and flesh color are inherited separately, so yellow apples can have red flesh. (Photos courtesy of IFORED) Next Big Thing’s last big thing was the SweeTango apple. Now, it appears, its next big thing will be apples with red flesh. The Minnesota-based Next Big Thing cooperative has joined with 12 other fruit marketers from 11 countries and five continents in a global consortium called IFORED. The goal is to bring red-fleshed apples to market within five years. IFORED […]
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