First shipment of Hongcheon Colorfull apples... attention on varieties responding to climate change

The Hongcheon County Agricultural Technology Center reports that the domestically bred variety of Colorpple apples, cultivated in Hongcheon, is being shipped for the first time this year and has begun delivery to Neo Games Corporation and Hyundai Department Store. This shipment is the first fruit of the efforts made through business cooperation agreements, field evaluation meetings, and other initiatives, which introduced the excellence of the variety to distribution agents and local farmers. Colorpple, which is being highlighted as an alternative variety to address the poor coloration problem caused by the recent worsening abnormal weather across the country, is a hybrid of "color" and "apple" and was applied for in 2019 by the Apple Research Center of the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration. Typically harvested around mid-October, it is characterized by its bright red skin, crisp texture, and sweet and sour taste. The ...