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

Published 2025년 10월 28일

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[Reporter Lee Woo-jung, Korea Farmers' News] The Hongcheon Agricultural Technology Center reports that the domestically bred variety of apple, Colorpple, grown in Hongcheon, is being shipped for the first time this year, with deliveries starting to Neo Games Corporation and Hyundai Department Store. This shipment follows the introduction of the variety's excellence to distribution officials and local farmers through ongoing business agreements and field evaluation meetings, marking the first fruition of these efforts from production to distribution and sales. Amid the recent nationwide deepening of abnormal weather conditions leading to poor coloration, 'Colorpple' is being noted as an alternative variety to address this issue. 'Colorpple' is a portmanteau of 'color' and 'apple', developed by the Rural Development Administration.

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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 ...

Source: Agrinet