He's going to regret this when Steve Jobs sues him.
Posted on 09/27/2009 4:13:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Fruit grower Ken Morrish was left stunned when he found a golden delicious apple on his tree split exactly half green, half red down the middle.
Ken Morrish, 72, of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, did a double take when he grew a Golden Delicious apple split down the middle - one half was green and the other red Photo: ARCHANT
The fruit's striking colouring is thought to be caused by a random genetic mutation at odds of more than a million to one.
The apple has caused such a stir in the village of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, that Mr Morrish is inundated with neighbours queuing up to take pictures of it.
Mr Morrish, 72, who has been harvesting the apples from trees in his garden for 45 years, said: "It's truly amazing.
"It looks as if a green apple and a red apple has been cut in half and stuck together."
He said that he was out picking a few apples for his sister-in-law when he spotted the fruit hanging from a bough.
Mr Morrish, a retired painter and decorator, added: "I couldn't believe my eyes. The red and green split through the stem is totally perfect – as if I've painted it.
"It's a genuine one-off and none of us have ever seen an apple like it before."
Experts believe that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line between the green and the red 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.
John Breach, chairman of the British Independent Fruit Growers Association, told the Daily Mail: "I've never seen this happen before to a golden delicious. It is extremely rare. It is an extreme mutation.
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He's going to regret this when Steve Jobs sues him.
No, Steve Jobs’ Apples are green on the outside and red on the inside.
Don’t eat the red half!
Red and Green- they are the same on the inside.
Aliens are almost certainly responsible. Any nearby crop circles?
Tell that to Snow White!
Color is only skin deep.
Interesting Captain. Very interesting.
Coming soon to eBay. (It even has an Obama birth mark on it.)
Red + Green = Modern Communist
If he cuts it open I think he’s going to find the image of the Virgin Mary.........
Wow, post 12 before someone mentioned Red Green!
I sincerely doubt sunlight is what caused this. My family had an apple orchard when I was a teen and this isn't the way an apple coloured by the sun looks. The colour change is gradual, not a clearly defined line.
"Don't eat the green ones, they aren't ripe yet!"
Just like environmentalist whackos.
No doubt the apple is held together with duct tape.
Looks like the Logo on a Beatles 45.
Wow, 18 posts and still no mention of Glen Campbell.
I hope someone thinks to plant the seeds from it.
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