Pink Pearl Apple Review
"The Red Scare"
This freakish goblin-fruit was cobbled together in the 1940s by a deranged horticulturist hell-bent on terrorizing super-market shoppers as they drifted through their desultory post-war malaise. An exquisitely tart, swamp beast of an apple, the true horror of this Karloffian-era monstrosity lies within, as its translucent alien-skin gives way to a red, bleeding flesh portending the hidden Communist threat that would soon dominate the nightmares of a generation. Tantalizing for a brief hypnotic moment, the Pink Pearl can only maintain its integrity for a short time (about two weeks after being picked) before crumbling under its own corrupt ideals, leaving behind a mealy, juiceless, failed state that must be driven back to the diabolical orchards from which it emerged.
🏅 TOP RANKED SOUR APPLE | 🏅 TOP RANKED SAUCE APPLE
BONUS POINTS: +2 Uniqueness
- FLAVOR PROFILE -
SWEETNESS
1/5
TARTNESS
3/5
INTENSITY
3.5/5
PINK PEARL BIO
PARENTAGE
Surprise x Rosaceae Family
ORIGIN
California
YEAR
1944
SEASON
Early Fall
BEST USES
OTHER NAMES
Etter Surprise
Haha looks like pussy
Thank you for the first article you recommend here. I had no idea that the revolutionary landscape Architect, Andrew Jackson Downing, was also with his brother Charles a pomologist. I didn’t even know he had a brother.
I love this apple. I first discovered it in an abandoned Orchard here in West Marin, but the tree has since died. Very, very rarely it turns up at farmers markets and I once was able to get it at the Occidental ecology center. Pink lady does not compare. If you’ve been thinking of any way to make this more available, I will love you forever.
My favorite apple of all time! I love a tart apple, and these are deliciously crisp as well. Very good flavor and I am charmed by the color. There is a tree in the community garden near where I grew up 🙂
This apple is like the kid in your kindergarten class that looks funny but never makes it to 8th grade because of health issues
There is a communist organization on my college campus. I’m considering bringing these apples to them as an offering of peace. Their passion for the regime scares me a great deal. My blood runs red white and blue.
I’ve actually never tried eating a pink pearl apple fresh, but they’re a *superb* baking apple. Firm enough to stand up to cooking, excellent acid balance to keep them from going insipid, an absolute glory in a tart or galette even with your eyes closed. But then, open your eyes to swoops and whorls of flamingo-pink apple slices atop your dessert, and your heart will fill with helium and fireflies.
this is absolute slander
i have a distinct memory from when i was like 6. me and my mom were at the store and bought some apples labeled as pink pearls. when we cut into them, they were striped pink and white, not at all like any other type of apple ive seen since. does anyone know what these might have been?
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