Comments on: Heirloom Apples in Bleeding Gums Pink

By: Sara C

Sara C — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:32:27 +0000

Indeed, Pink Pearl and Surprise are both pink fleshed apples, hybridized by Etter. Greenmantle Nursery in Northern California owns the trademarks on most of Etter’s pink-fleshed creations. There are quite a few!

Check them out (and the story of Etter and Greenmantle) at http://www.greenmantlenursery.com/2008revision/fruit2008/rosetta-apples2008.htm

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:24:34 +0000

Thanks for your blog. I bought my first heirloom apples a couple days ago. When I cut one open this morning I thought something was dreadfully wrong! I was going to return them to the store but thought to check the internet first. The joke’s on me!

They’re pretty good but I still prefer Fujis for everyday eating.

By: Cupcakes

Cupcakes — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:12:08 +0000

So cool!
I have never seen such a thing. It reminds me of the first time I tasted a grapple.
half apples half grapes!
Strangest things.Personaly, I didn’t find them so yummy though.
But you say these are tasty?
-Cupcakes

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:06:10 +0000

There’s a Sacramento bakery (http://realpiecompany.com/)that makes apple tarts from Pink Pearls when the season first begins. They are absolutely beautiful and very tasty. The woman who runs this place is dedicated to seasonal, local produce. Each week her chalkboard lists the farms where each kind of fruit was grown.

My little city, all grown up!

By: Ulrike

Ulrike — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:43:07 +0000

As far as I read in the past this "red flesh" variety is a genetically modified one which comes from New Zealand. I am not sure if I would want to eat it...

Nope- not the case here. This apple farm specializes in heirloom varieties. Besides- I bet this engineered apple you reference is trademarked in a way that wouldn't be fruitful for a small scale farm to sell at market. It's well known that heirloom varieties of apples come in different colors- both skin and flesh. For more information on this, I suggest reading Michael Pollan's Botany of Desire. His chapter on apples hints at the mass variation that our modern society is missing out on. --McAuliflower

By: kathryn

kathryn — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:59:34 +0000

but how do they taste?

“Tart” reminded me of crab apples of my youth.

–McAuliflower

By: Rachael

Rachael — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:46:58 +0000

I had some pink apples last year that were called “Surprise!” Yours seem to fit that bill too…

By: s'kat

s'kat — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:43:34 +0000

First of all- how pretty!

Secondly- I’ve got some “pink pearls” upstairs! lol.

By: vict.

vict. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:33:36 +0000

What a glorious apple! Is there anyway you could find out the variety?

It’s in the previous comments- it is indeed a Pink Pearl.

–McAuliflower

By: J

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:48:51 +0000

Haha I thought that I would be seeing a Candy Apple coasted in pink chocolate. That’s not it at all.