Detecting a 'witch' apple with blue and red colors

The apple has two colors, half of this color, half of the color seems to be only in the fairy tale Snow White and the seven dwarfs, but it appears in real life, with blue and red colors.

When Ken Morrish in England saw this apple on an apple tree in his garden, he thought someone was naughty drawing a line separating the two apples, then coloring. But after a thorough examination, he realized that the bicolor division occurred naturally, not artificially.

And the strange apple made Mr. Morrish the most famous person in the village because many people came to line up to ask for a photo with the apple.

"Witch" apple with two red green colors.

Morrish, 72, a retired painter, living in Colaton Raleigh, near Sidmouth in Devon, enjoyed the apple so much that he decided not to eat it, instead he would store the apple carefully. refrigerator for everyone to come and admire.

Morrish brought this apple to the plant experts for review and inspection. The botanists also recorded its image and said they had never seen such a strange apple.

The botanical experts said that the rate that led to a strange apple with such a clear dividing line between the blue and red halves was 1 / 1,000,000 , that is, every 1 million apples produced Only one unusual result.

Ken Morrish took a picture with his apple.

According to experts, in this case, the red side of the apple will be sweeter than the green because it is more absorbed in the sun during development.

Mr. Morrish said happily: ' The apple seems to have taken a pen to cut the border. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this apple. This is purely a natural phenomenon. Such colored apples may be due to a random gene mutation. I don't know how much it is worth, but I definitely don't eat it and will keep it from losing . '

John Violation, chairman of the British Fruit Association commented: " I have never seen this happen before coming to Golden Delicious. The apple is really rare and it is a mutation phenomenon. It is very good to give birth to apples like this . '