Sunday, October 18, 2009

The 1 in a million apple: Half red-Half Green

7:00AM BST Telegraph, London--

Fruit grower Ken Morrish, 72, wasHalf green Half red weird apple left stunned when he found a golden delicious apple on his tree split exactly half green, half red down the middle.

Experts believe that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line between the two colours are more than a million to one. In such cases, the red side usually tastes sweeter than the green side – because it has seen more sunshine during its growth.

The apple has caused such a stir in the village of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, UK, that Mr Morrish is inundated with neighbours queuing up to take pictures of it.

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Information from: The UK Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk

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