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Growing an international appetite for Aussie apples (www.csiro.au)

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Australian scientists have developed a new apple variety tailored for Asian export markets.
The ANABP 01 apple appeals to Asian taste preferences for sweet, sub-acid apples with fine, crisp texture.
It is expected to drive growth in Australian apple exports to key Asian markets like Thailand and Indonesia.
The new variety was developed using selective breeding and extensive field testing by CSIRO over several years.
Export-focused apple varieties can boost horticulture growth and farmer incomes if matched with targeted marketing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Shout out to Applerankings.com, as seen on the Hamish and Andy podcast.

I went from barely liking apples to eating one a day.

Australia grows a lot of Kanzi apples, which have taken rank number 3 in Threeducks fruit rankings (behind 1st place tamarillo and 2nd place fejoa)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'd like to subscribe to your Apple Newsletter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is Jazz rated so low? They're often better than Kanzi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The guy is rating it according to his tastes. I've tried Kanzi before and I hated it because it was so goddamn sour.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently discovered a place I could get Envy apples for around $2/kg. Can confirm, they're amazing. I've seen Honeycrisp around for about $3.50/kg but I haven't seen SweeTango anywhere. Might buy a few Honeycrisp just to try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had a bravo apple the other day. It was yummy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We could use an Apple community with all these apple reviews! We need to sideline big tech and bring back fruit.