Red Fleshed Apples - Huonville Crab
Tasmanian red-fleshed apple, thought to be a hybrid of a domestic apple crossed with a crab apple. Scion wood is red stained. There is a picture of this on the website of an Australian nursery, http://woodbridgefruittrees.com.au .
A reduced-size copy of their photograph is shown to the right of the scion picture below. The site says that the original tree was found by Bob Magnus of Huonville, and describes the fruit as large, purple crabs with deep red flesh.
The appearance, size and flavour are very similar to Almata and Scarlet Surprise but it is not quite so sweet. The flavour is also slightly more acidic.
So we have Scarlet Surprise (mildest flavour, lowest acidity) as probably the best of the three, closely followed by Almata (slightly sweeter, more robust flavour, slightly tart and in some years a doughy texture) and then Huonville Crab, more crunchy but slightly harsher.
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compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
