The World of Apples

Apple varieties, South Korea

Wang Young

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated in South Korea. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967. Fruits have soft, juicy, sweet flesh.

Sources

  1. Wang Young (accession 1967 - 085), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).

  • Arisoo

    Bred to follow Hongro as South Korea's Chuseok apple; it colours in summer heat, and its cut flesh barely browns

    South Korea, 1994

  • Gamhong

    Named in 1992 for "sweet" and "red", it proved hard to grow and made its name at the apple festival in Mungyeong

    South Korea, 1981

  • Hongro

    The first apple bred in South Korea, named in 1988 to ripen for Chuseok; only Fuji covers more of its orchards

    South Korea, 1980