Hybrid fruit & vegetables

Grapple Fruit

Grapple fruit is a combination of both grapes and apple.
Grape + apple= grapple. The fruit tastes like grapes and looks like apple. It is a brand name for Fuji or gala apple and it has been specially treated to make the taste of the fruit flesh like a grape.

Grapple fruit

The grapple fruit typically looks large and have a flesh that is sweeter and crisper. The grapple fruit is one of the varieties of Fuji apple. Grapple is a Washington apple. It normally tastes like an apple and grape.

Grapple nutrition

If you are in a need of high calories, you can taste the grapple fruit because this fruit contains more calories.

Nutrition	Daily value in %
Calories	95%
carbohydrate	8%
Vitamin C	2%
Vitamin A	8%
Calcium	1%
Iron	1%

Facts of grapple fruit

• It is a cholesterol free fruit that reduces the level of cholesterol.
• Eating this fruit also reduces the chance of cancer.
• When kept at room temperature, this fruit become soft, mealy and mushy.
• The Grapple season begins late October or early November.
• It gets paired with some cheese varieties for a tasty treat.

Lemato

Lemato is a hybrid variety of Lemon and tomato.

Israeli researchers produced a genetically engineered tomato that tastes with its hint of lemon and rose aromas. Nearly 82 people have tested the experimental fruit against unmodified counterparts. It describes as perfume, rose, geranium and lemon grass.

When put to taste,

The genetically modified tomatoes were preferred by 49 members

Unmodified tomatoes were preferred by 29 members

Four expressed no preference.

Genetically modified tomatoes, have only a light red colour because they have only half as much lycopene as conventional tomatoes. It may have longer shelf life and need less pesticide to grow.

Aprium Fruit

An aprium is a hybrid fruit of plums and apricots. Apriums are available in United States during the period of June. The fruit is dry and less juicy and extremely sweet with orange flavour. The taste of ripe apriums is an apricot taste.

Aprium fruit

The fruit was a light yellow coloured fruit and has a fuzzy, apricot like skin. It contains 75% apricot and 25% plum. Aprium is a climacteric fruit; it will continue to ripen after harvest. It makes an excellent addition to pies, salads, and preserves.
Scientific Name: Prunus armeniaca x domestica

Nutritional facts

Nutrition	Nutritional value
Calories from fat	5%
Vitamin A	25%
Vitamin C	8%
Calcium	15%
Iron	2%
Dietary Fibre	4%
Sugar	40g
Protein	6g