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Ruby frost apples taste.
More delicate than its sibling rubyfrost is a crisp apple that has both sweet and sour flavors.
It doesn t get mushy when baked so it s ideal for our top 10 apple dessert recipes.
Rubyfrost apples are the perfect balance of sweet and tart deep and rich with a hearty crunch and ideal crisp texture.
They a rich red color.
The texture is very crisp which lends the frost portion of this apple s name while the flavor is a nice balance of refreshing tart and sweet.
Like the snapdragon the rubyfrost was the result of apple research at cornell.
Ruby frost apples available during january and february have a crisp and juicy texture that s not overly dense.
10 years in the making and developed by cornell university s apple breeding program rubyfrost apples reach their peak flavor in the winter months.
The flavor improves after a few weeks in seasons availability.
The apple is a cross between braeburn and autumn crisp and they are shown to be a good source of vitamin c.
The flavor is both sweet and tart like many of the other new premium snacking varieties quite good though not what i would call intense.
Ruby frost was a 17 year process while the snapdragon required 12 years.
Taste profile rubyfrost apples are sweet but also carry a pronounced zing in every bite with moderate acidity.
Rubyfrost apples are the perfect balance of sweet and tart deep and rich with a hearty crunch and ideal crisp texture.
I don t know how to express the idea of juice in a name but frost captures its refreshing quality.
Rubyfrost is an excellent choice for warm seasonal dishes as well as an ideal baking apple thanks to its plump luscious size.
They are versatile to be eaten out of hand or cooked in a variety of recipes.
But what makes the ruby frost different was that it has a fresh eastern apple taste that reminded me just a little of cortland and mcintosh with similarly slightly thicker skin.
That may sound like a long time but it s fairly standard even a little fast in the world of apple breeding.
Snapdragon above and rubyfrost have been a decade in the making and how they ve gone to market is a first for the cornell apple breeding program and the new york apple industry.
I think juicy and refreshing when i eat a rubyfrost russell said.