When it comes to packing a piece of fruit in your lunchbox, what do you reach for first from your fruit bowl? Is it a potassium-packed banana, a sweet and juicy pear or a crisp apple?
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If you enjoy eating Granny Smiths, you’ll love the new Kissabel apple. Rowan Little the Chief Innovation Officer at Montague, a family-owned fruit growing company headquartered in Victoria, shared that it’s sweeter than a Granny Smith but shares a similar acidity level.
What are Kissabel apples?
It’s taken ten years to make, and the plant material comes all the way from France. Although it is a cross between a crabapple and traditional eating apple, rest assured no genetic modification processes were used to create this new variant.
Furthermore, Mr Little said while the Kissabel apple is new, it’s not a new variety.
“Kissabel is actually the name that we’ve given to the apples that come from certain trees,” he said.
“The tree is actually the variety and the Kissabel is a product of that variety.”
Where are Kissabel apples grown?
The apples are commercially grown in Victoria and South Australia, with test sites all over Australia.
Where to find Kissabel apples in Australia
Mr Little said that the new hybrid isn’t available to buy from the local supermarket or greengrocer, and would only be available at a few select stores to start off with.
A limited amount of Kissabel apples will be available at Bill’s Orchard Gate located at The Orchard at Montague in Narre Warren North, VIC, and selected Coles supermarkets.
He shared that “the challenge with apples is that the first year your yield is so low off a young tree,” he said.
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