Pink Pearl was one of the first pink-fleshed apples to become available, and is perhaps the best-known.
Although the apples can be eaten fresh, this is really a variety for the kitchen - the pink-flesh makes a distinctive appearance for apple sauce or cider.
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Like many other red-fleshed varieties Pink Pearl flowers very early in the blossom season.
Pink Pearl was developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s.
While the vast majority of apples have white or cream-coloured flesh, some varieties have red flesh. Those with the most intense red flesh are usually descended from a red-fleshed crab-apple called Malus niedzetzkyana found in central Asia. The red colouration in this species also extends to the blossom, leaves and young shoots.
Other varieties feature pink flesh or pink / marbled flesh, and these are often more palatable.
The juice of red-fleshed apples is usually light or dark pink, and makes an attractive alternative to regular apple juice.
These varieties are of interest because of their ornamental qualities, and also because the anthocyanin compounds which give the flesh its colour are thought to have anti-oxidant properties.
