Now maybe we know why they were keeping the name a secret...
Maybe it's because it's kind of stupid: The new University of Minnesota apple release is named 'SweeTango'.
An Apple Is Born (Epicurious)
Plus: We've entered a new age! YouTube trailers for fruit cultivars!
SweeTango - A Sneak Preview (YouTube)
(Much thanks to the anonymous commenter who noted this on the post below...I thought it deserved more exposure).
All I can say is I hope the apple is better than the name. It's got an encouraging pedigree at least—Honeycrisp x Zestar.
posted by Evil Fruit Lord @ 11:59 PM
(Janick & Moore)
(Janick & Moore)
(USDA)
(Deppe)
(Pollan)
(Hancock)
(Ray)
(Gollner)
(Jackson)
(Reich)
(Bowling)
(Trehane)
(Singh)
(Stuppy & Kesseler)
(Staub)
(Gordon)
(Boning)
(Juniper)
(Yepsen)
(Stilphen)
(Koeppel)
(Chapman)
(Gough)
(Gough)
(Barney & Hummer)
(Lazslo)
(McGovern)
(DeWolf)
(Sullivan)
(Munson)
(Brantley)
(Freinkel)
(Taylor)
(Train)
(Levin)
(Levin)
(Kleinberg)
(Darrow)
(Hancock)
(Maas, ed.)
(Ashton)
(Smith)
(Pringle)
(Campbell)
(Sharma)
(Musselman)
1 Comments:
That video's pretty cool actually. I kind of wish they would treat more horticulturally significant releases and news with a little more pizazz. Maybe then people will start thinking of us plant scientists as rock stars like we should be. Or, maybe not.
I do wonder what chemical is responsible for the "spicy" note that the breeder mentions in the video. I bet Randy Beaudry or his student Sobuko-san would know. I'm guessing some sort of terpene-alcohol like linalool.
All I know is that it's fall and new apples are coming into stores and that so far they are really good... even in Florida.
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