Core Education

The following questions are answered: 1. Why are green apples sour? 2. How can you tell the difference between an apple tree and another tree when there are no apples on it? 3. How many varieties of apples are there in the world? 4. Apart from red and green apples, do apples come in any other colour? 5. How does the apple develop on the branch of a tree? 6. Do apples ripen after they are picked and how do apples stay ripe and not go off when exported overseas? 7. Can you tell us a little more about the countries that our New Zealand apples get exported to (can they not grow their own) and do they only travel by ship? 8. How are the growers going to manage global warming in the future? 9. How do you control the sugar levels in apples when breeding new varieties? 10. We have heard about the red-fleshed apple but would it be possible to produce a different coloured apple? 11. As a world-leading apple growing country with a great reputation, what biosecurity measures do we take to protect our apple industry