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A fruit of two halves: Meet the red and green apple with a split personality 

But after inspecting it closely he realized that the remarkable split colours on the fruit were a natural phenomenon. And the bizarre apple turned Mr Morrish into something of a celebrity in his village with scores of neighbours queuing up to take a photograph of it.

Experts say that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line between the green and the red are more than 1million to one.

Horticulturists say the colouring on the apple are probably caused by a random genetic mutation. In such cases, the red side usually tastes sweeter than the green side - because it has seen more sunshine during its growth.

Tequila-Soaked Watermelon Wedges

Ingredients:

• 1 small seedless watermelon, red or yellow, quartered and cut into 1-inch-thick wedges
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup tequila
• 1/4 cup Triple Sec
• 2 limes, halved or cut into wedges
• Flaked sea salt or coarse salt

Directions:

1. Arrange watermelon in a single layer in two 9-by-13-inch baking dishes. Bring sugar, water, tequila, and Triple Sec to a boil in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Let cool slightly. Pour syrup over watermelon wedges, and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.

2. Remove watermelon from syrup, and arrange on a platter. Squeeze limes over melon, and season with salt.

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Potato fruit

These are genuine fruit, but not that common. Usually, potato flowers just drop off. When fruit do form, they’re more likely found on certain varieties, like Yukon Gold. This year, there were fruit on just about every Chieftain plant, here and there on the Kennebec, and none that I noticed on the Yukon Gold…

Each fruit contains 300-500 seeds that don’t come true: planting them doesn’t result in the same potatoes as the parent plant, there’s lots of genetic variation. Potato breeders plant out thousands of seeds, check out the results, then keep replanting the most desirable potatoes for 10 years or so to get stable new varieties—apparently, this is the way new potatoes are bred.

And, the fruit are poisonous, rich in solanine, not for eating (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and tobacco are all members of the “deadly nightshade” family, all prone to having toxic parts). Interesting! Since they suddenly appeared this year on two varieties, I’d guess it was about the weather!

Awesome award for the day goes to this!

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