Bicolored apple facts for kids
A bicolored apple is an apple with skin that has more than one color. Instead of being just red or just green, it might have patches of red and yellow, or red and green. These colorful apples are very popular! Many of them are grown in Europe.
Some well-known types of bicolored apples include:
Why Apples Have Different Colors
The color of an apple depends on many things. These include the weather when the fruit is getting ripe, how much the temperature changes between day and night, and how much sunlight the apple gets. The type of soil it grows in also plays a part.
Some bicolored apples grown in places like Grójec, Poland, have a slightly sour taste. This happens because of the special weather in that area. Sometimes, there's ground frost during the autumn when apples are picked. This frost can give the apples their unique sour note.
What People Like About Apples
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In 2014, a magazine called European Fruit Magazine shared some interesting research. A scientist named Katrin Korsten from a German university wanted to find out if people in Europe preferred a certain apple color.
The study showed that bicolored apples were more popular than apples with just one color. However, people didn't have a strong preference between apples that were red and green, or red and yellow. For example, people often thought that red and yellow apples tasted sweet, were fresh, and juicy. They also seemed more natural and balanced.
On the other hand, apples that were completely dark red were sometimes thought to be mealy (not crisp) or even unnatural. This research helps us understand why different apple colors are popular with shoppers.
