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Title: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: Princess L on October 15, 2012, 11:50:00 AM
OMG!!!!  These things are awesome!  Very crisp and very sweet.  Better than the honeycrisp since they're not so ginormous and a lot less expensive.  ($1.99/lb vs $3.49/lb)

(http://media.thepacker.com/images/SweetieApple.jpg)
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: WOOO on October 15, 2012, 02:09:17 PM
apples are among the least nutritious fruit on a per calorie basis, glycemic index and fiber:sugar ratio

 :P
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: Princess L on October 15, 2012, 02:34:23 PM
Quote from: WOOO on October 15, 2012, 02:09:17 PM
apples are among the least nutritious fruit on a per calorie basis, glycemic index and fiber:sugar ratio

 :P

Quit being such a buzzkill  >:(
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: WOOO on October 15, 2012, 02:43:59 PM
Quote from: Princess L on October 15, 2012, 02:34:23 PM

Quit being such a buzzkill  >:(

sry...  :-*

i'm eating pomelos this week... $0.97 a pop... pomelos are low on the GI and have a shitload of vitamins/fiber
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: R.A.M. on October 16, 2012, 12:23:47 PM
i love gala apples!!! just saying.... :)
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: Princess L on October 16, 2012, 04:16:16 PM
Quote from: R.A.M. on October 16, 2012, 12:23:47 PM
i love gala apples!!! just saying.... :)
Try the Sweetie (new variety available this year from WA), you won't be disappointed.
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: R.A.M. on October 17, 2012, 05:07:35 AM
I'll pick some up thanks Princess ;D
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: sync pulse on October 22, 2012, 12:50:59 AM
Quote from: Princess L on October 15, 2012, 11:50:00 AM
OMG!!!!  These things are awesome!  Very crisp and very sweet.  Better than the honeycrisp since they're not so ginormous and a lot less expensive.  ($1.99/lb vs $3.49/lb)

(http://media.thepacker.com/images/SweetieApple.jpg)

I thought you were against genetically manipulated food varieties?

You realize that this apple is the result of plant breeding,...which is genetic manipulation!
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: WOOO on October 22, 2012, 03:41:33 AM
Quote from: sync pulse on October 22, 2012, 12:50:59 AM
I thought you were against genetically manipulated food varieties?

You realize that this apple is the result of plant breeding,...which is genetic manipulation!

no need to GM apples for the specific reason you stated... they readily allow for selective breeding while other fruit do not... while this is genetic manipulation it simply mirrors a natural process...
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: sync pulse on October 22, 2012, 03:55:16 PM
Selective breeding is genetic manipulation...The outcome is an organism with a different genetic make up.
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: WOOO on October 22, 2012, 06:27:05 PM
Quote from: sync pulse on October 22, 2012, 03:55:16 PM
Selective breeding is genetic manipulation...The outcome is an organism with a different genetic make up.

please identify a single selectively bred organism that became toxic as a food source
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: Princess L on October 22, 2012, 08:46:28 PM
Quote from: sync pulse on October 22, 2012, 12:50:59 AM
I thought you were against genetically manipulated food varieties?

You realize that this apple is the result of plant breeding,...which is genetic manipulation!


hmmm
did not know that  :o :-\

Will have to do some looking into that

Thanks for the heads up.

Looks like the "Arctic" apple is the one in question.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/business/growers-fret-over-a-new-apple-that-wont-turn-brown.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

After setting sights on creating a heavily modified apple that ‘never browns’ and doing their very best to hide the fact that they are indeed genetically altered, a biotech corporation known as Okanagan Specialty Fruits is now pushing for their new genetically modified apples to hit the market. The company recently submitted an application to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to launch their initiative to get the apples into your local grocery market and reap ‘improved industry sales’, but they made sure that the data was not available to the public.
http://www.infowars.com/genetically-modified-apples-newest-gmo-creation-to-be-pushed-on-consumers/
Title: Re: The NEW Sweetie Apple
Post by: Princess L on October 22, 2012, 08:59:10 PM
Looks like the GM apples haven't quite hit the market yet.

http://www.doctoroz.com/blog/wenonah-hauter/one-genetically-engineered-apple-spoils-bunch