Red Flesh Apple was bred by Swiss fruit grower Marcus Cobbottle, easy to cultivate and manage, the fruit resembles tomato, sweet flavor, rich in antioxidants, high yield, and has high economic value.
Red-fleshed apple (Malus niedzwetzkyana?Dieck), is the Rosaceae apple plants, deciduous small trees, is China's temperate regions of valuable fruit trees and landscaping species. Red meat apple fruit early, strong knot strength, very productive, drought-resistant, barren, can be used as apple rootstock.
The flowers and fruits are colorful and beautiful, and it is also an excellent tree species for gardening. The red-fleshed apple was bred by the Swiss fruit grower Marcus Cobbottle, and the fruit is shaped like a tomato with a sweet flavor. This species is characterized by leaves, xylem, pulp and seeds have red pigment.
Red meat apple has a long history of cultivation in Xinjiang, once widely cultivated in Xinjiang, in recent years, due to the introduction of a large number of foreign apple varieties, the excellent species (and its varieties) is in danger of disappearing, and now can only be seen in a small number of orchards. Active research, excavation and vigorous development of this valuable species, for the development of China's characteristics of fruit and forestry industry is of great significance.