Berlin has weird apples - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 280 

The two first apples you tried are cooking apples! they're excellent in crumbles or pies etc :)

That church in Berlin wasn’t “hit by the Nazis,” it was bombed by the Allies (fighting against the Nazis) in World War II.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away... Seven apples in one day you'll wish the doctor had stayed!

pretty interesting, never thought i would be watching some dude eat 7 apples and be entertained :)

German here. We have hundreds of really old apple varieties here that the standard varieties that are sold nowadays were bred from. Unfortunately it seems like you mostly got the less interesting ones. For example, Ambrosia is a Canadian variety bred in the 90's. However, Elstar and Boskoop are a bit older, the latter originating in the 1850's. Boskoop is usually used for baking and making juice, though I love them raw :)

"alright, I'm lost" 🤣🤣🤣 every time I go anywhere.

Boscopp apple is what the tree in my family orchard produce. Not bad to eat straight but way better for apple juice (usually that's what we do for the most part of our) or baking. Quite popular here in Switzerland

The ugly looking Booskop apple is my favourite! It's great for people with slight allergy and perfect to bake cake with.

elstar is really common here in the Netherlands, it's a bit of a staple fruit here! I tend to find them a bit sour. There are some old apple trees in my parents' garden, one is supposed to be a old variety from Groningen, and that one produces HUGE apples. We also have surprisingly red pears sometimes, at one tree. When They do grow, they taste amazing.

at 4:25 this apple is from "aquitaine" a french region situated south west, next to the atlantic

"Let's do it again..." Before getting on a plane. O.o

Spring is a better time to come visit here (: especially if you’re also into veggies. I had never heard of bärlauch for example until I moved here and making pesto out of it was an eye opening experience haha

Man we had a living apple archive on our campus (horticulture university) in Switzerland with over 100 apple varieties :D you would have loved (or hated xD) it. Sadly it had to be cut down. There is/was also a living plum orchard next to it and there was one with pears they had some 80 each. Fall was always a great time there .D

The second one could be "Reinette du Canada", which despite the name is actually french. I don't like it but it's quite popular. This year I bought a tree of an ancient Italian variety called "Pom Platlin" which is similar looking but flatter and is said to have a nutty/almond taste to the peel. Who tried it, said it's the best Apple they had. I am quite eager to try it.

You obviously visited Germany at the wrong time of the year. Given your outfit, the steam coming from your mouth when breathing, and the state of the trees, I'd guess it was January or February at the coldest time of winter. Would you visit right now, or somewhen between June to September, there would be a bigger variety of fruits available. There is a pretty interesting plant nursery (Deaflora) near Berlin that has an awesome garden with a big variety of interesting fruits. Right now you could get a variety of currents, gooseberries, raspberries, mulberries,...

I've had Ambrosia apples, they're popular in Minnesota but I didn't think it was anything special. Honeycrisps are still the best I've had probably.

I was completely shocked by the amount of exotic fruit available😳 at what seems to be called Kadewe. I think I saw Soursop, Mangosteen, Cherimoya, Tamarillo, Rambutan etc. on his footage. That is way more than I would've ever hoped for😀

Haha, nice you should try the Boskoop Apple. I grew up in Boskoop which is South Holland, the Netherlands

Boskoop is my favourite when they are fresh and crisp, it is very well tolerated apple for allergy sufferers!

What's worst than biting into an apple and finding a worm? Finding half a worm! ha ha ha

Germany, the country i had to be born in....Exotic Fruits? Whats that....Apples, Grapes, Bananas, Kiwis, Strawberries, Berries, Cherries and thats about it, "but" if you find a supermarket called REWE, they sometimes have Rambutans, Lychees, Cherimoyas, and other tropical fruits. Like u said tho, nothing u havent tried yet.

God, you fit in so well to the aesthetic there with your scarf and all, Jared! You really assimilate to different cultures super effectively.

you also have to try an applevariety called "cox orange". we have them in our garden here in germany and they somehow taste, like the name sugests, like oranges.

Boskop is indispensable when making Red Cabbage to christmas. The Apple will be cocked with the cut cabbage.

I recall going to a produce shop in East Berlin, not long before the German reunification. They had some shriveled oranges, a few bruised apples, some wilted cabbages, and a couple of carrots (only one kind of each). That was it. And this was in one of the nicer neighborhoods in the capital city of the German Democratic Republic, the city that was supposed to be the showplace for modern scientific Communism. There you have it folks. That’s why the Berlin Wall fell down. Reagan had less than nothing to do with it. It was all about groceries.

Try also polish early apples called "Papierówka" (the name means paper-like) with almost white pill. It is an old variety, available in august. They have their very own aroma.

4 minutes in "I am lost" this is one hell of an fruit review

The Ambrosia apples that I buy at Walmart in a bag are my absolute favorite store bought apple ! This apple is not too sweet, not too tart with a floral aftertaste that stays in the mouth for a few minutes. So good! Second favorite are the mountain apples that are sold at the Albuquerque, N.M. flea market in the fall, so crisp, sweet , and appley.

wow that markthalle is literally 1 minute from my door! haha

The second apple looks very much like an egremont russet. Not sure but it certainly sounds like it from your description of the flavour.

2:22 Woah, it's crazy to see you standing in front of the _Markthalle_ right around the corner from where I grew up!

Looks like the variety of apples I use for baking.

super cool man. I'm a big apple guy so I looooved this! ;)

It was probably season (winter) to find special seasonal German fruits. Boskop is traditional German,rather tart variety, often used for juice or apple cake. All the other looked imported (from France?) - no local variety, except the Elstar. One of the most tasty apple varieties in Germany are Gravensteiner (unfortunatly not long shelf life) and Cox Orange (which can get diseases in Central European climate though).

Poland also has some interesting apple varieties. For example the "Papierówka" apple. In general though, it'll be tough to find most apple varieties in stores, you'll have to find someone who actually has a tree.

the first apple was a "Booskopp" and is also used for cooking or juice as some other people here have already pointed out.

Eww, mealy says to me old, stored long term in nitrogen rooms.

I recently bought two apple trees which produce fairly odd fruits (well, at least in the apple family). One of them is Baya Marisa with a bright red pulp, the other one is called "Appletini" with tiny apples, about the size of a cherry. I never seen those varieties up for sale anywhere.

The apple at 2:40 looks similar to an Egremont Russet, which is quite popular here in the UK. Like Germany and France the UK is blessed with quite a few interesting varieties of apples and pears, but you have to look for them. There's a deli near where I work in London that stocks a handful when they come into season, pleasingly they're labelled with a bit of history and some tasting notes.

How about them apples...

I used to buy cox's pippin in the uk. They are my favorite!

"Depuis" - French - From - Depuis 1928 - From (or Since) 1928

"Let's destroy my stomach again, heh."

You could look for Johannisbeere (currants), or goose berries, that's something that is difficult to get in the US due to federal bans on it in the early 20th century.

the best apples i had were galas, but barely ripe. they were so crisp you couldnt bite without squeaking noises, and they werent sweet like apples usually are. tasted like cucumber vegetablelike but sweeter. very nice and fresh out of the fridge !

In Northern Germany we use these old, more tart apple varieties to contrast sweetness in wintertime dessert dishes like Bratäpfel. I'm quite sure most people only buy them for cooking and baking, not for eating raw. My favorite variety for eating raw is Braeburn (early after harvest). More on the sour side, but not as chemically tasting as for example Granny Smith.

I actually have the "Boskoop" in my garden, it is also known as the "goudreinet" (golden reinette). A typicle apple to make applesauce from. The longer they hang on your tree the sweeter they can become. And the more red they become. That second one btw looks also as a Boskoop. Not a red one (yet). Also have a small Elstar in my garden, the other year I had one small apple on it, and this year already 2 big ones.... :)

For another turn at Apple tourism you could come to Oregon and visit Yakima and the Hood River Valley. Red pears developed as a mutation in Oregon. They're quite delicious I wonder if the German red pears are similar.

I love Germany! Their Fruit is AWESOME! I LOVE BOSCOV APFEL! It's delish! All those Apples you tried I just looooove! Love Germany's Fruits!

What do you do for a living that allows you to travel so much?

love it! thanks dude 💖

That first one almost looked like a Macintosh, but from your taste description, I’ll bet it didn’t taste like one at all. I think comparing a select amount of apple varieties you found in Berlin is creative and interesting! I was also really shocked to see a jackfruit and those yellow dragonfruits at the fruit market!

They make great cake in Berlin with gooseberries and whipped cream.

Unlied, I have the best apple tree in my garden, sadly I don't know the variety anymore, but I know that it is a very old german variety. They're super crisp, have about a 50/50 ratio of sweet and sour, and with a ton of flavor, but they're a bit smaller in size. They make the best juice ever, and are also tasty on a cake, but I like eating em plain as well. Last year I didn't get a single one because I did cut the tree too much when it was in flower😬 but this year I hope to get a bunch of apples again. A farmer in my small town here has an old apple tree on his land which produces apples that are completely blood red in color, like the ones from the snow white fairy-tale (Schneewittchen). They're also super tasty and don't just look nice. I always wanted to get a stick of that tree and graft it to a wild tree in the hope to get my own tree of that variety, but I didn't manage to do it yet. Hopefully soon.

as a berliner it is somehow strange to hear that the boskop is supposed to be something special i think its normal to have a good variety of apples

If you want some damn good apples come up north in NY. Fresh picked honeycrisps are the pinnacle of autumn experience. Theres about 10 orchards within a half hours drive of me its great.

So, at the end of this video, I can't help but ask in the immortal words of "Good Will Hunting" ,,, "How do you like Them Apples. eh"?" ,, loved the video, as always, nice to see some of the sights of Germany ,, the locale is exotic, even if the fruit might not be ,

I get organic apples from my local health food store all the time and during fall/winter, they have all sorts of varieties. That second one that looked like a sort of like an Asian pear really looked like one I have tried called a Royal Russet. The flavor though was much better then what you described though. My favorite apple is called Lady Alice. It almost tastes like a fresh apple pie. It has notes of spice to it, sort of like a tiny bit of cinnamon, clove and allspice maybe but still a good slightly tart fresh apple. If you can find it I definitely recommend trying it.

Depending during what time you come to Germany may be some wild fruits you haven't tried: service berry or june berry, jostaberry, wild strawberry, sloe, rowan or mountain-ash, mirabelle, greengage plum... have you tried any of these?

Domaine d'Aquitaine is a place in france where they grow them apples

I'm lost so I'm going to eat an apple. 😂 Love it.

boscop apples are for baking apple pies

Strange that you think that's a weird apple! I'm from Europe so I don't know any better. The Boskoop apple you ate is actually not meant to be eaten raw like that, as are many of the other apples you ate! They're used almost exclusively for cooking.

If you look up the Korean pear it looks exactly like what you were eating.

Me: "Why are Cockstar and Ellestar named so similar?" Him: "Maybe they're related?" Me: "Ah, stepsiblings."

we have lots of Apple orchards here in Ohio. this one orchard I go to has many kinds of apples, with signs identifying the type at the beginning of each row. one of my favorites is Jonathan. I also really like McIntosh. also, you fill up a giant grocery bag for ten bucks!

Since I see you were in the region, hit me up if you ever feel like coming to Croatia 😁 Even though we don't have any super interesting fruits I'm afraid 😞

try dapple dandy plumcots.

Maybe you could do the same thing with strawberries or other common fruits to show something about the variety.

Some are eating, some are cooking. Lots of apples. I’ve always wanted to try knobbed russet, and Swar which is supposed to mean “heavy” in German. Thanks for the tape.

Ambrosia are sold in the supermarkets in Washington, I was like meh. Now Opal is an apple for fresh eating. Cox was an old cultivar and used a lot for breeding into new cox varieties. That softer, not crisp but not mealy, texture is common to many older varieties like McIntosh more of a cultural preference or intended use thing. They grow many cider specific apples, generally in 4 blending classes: sweet(generally also aromatic), Bitter-sweet(adding lots of tannins), sharp(adding lots of acids), and bitter-sharp(adding both tannins and acids). All should have a good sugar level for fermented alcohol content(but also fine tuned by blending), some cultivars will change class depending on where they were grown, maybe bitter-sharp grown in one region and just sharp in another.

If you want to review apples try Poland, especially old varieties, they are hard to find but are absolutely delicious

“So, huh, yeah! Let’s do it again.” 😂🤣 (At 5:59 )

Idk how you haven’t come across ambrosia apples in the states, but they sell them in stores.

you can find the best apples in Aomori.the richest of Hongkong and China imports and enjoys them

If you ever want to eat baked apples use a boskoop.

Have a look for the variety 'pitmaston pineapple' tis an interesting one!

Weir explorer i hope you'd try the following fruits here in the Philippine Aratilis Macopa Balimbing/carambola

Safu (Dacharoides Edulis) from Africa would be available in Germany if your heading there maybe - you should put a date on top left corner?

This apple is often used for pies

Yeah, let's go it again. Lol.

Did you happen to try the pink, red, or purple fleshed varieties that they just started growing commercially?

You wont find any unique fruit in Germany. I was born here and still live here, like i said Germany sucks for fruit. Go ask any German what Garcinia or Annona fruit is, they wont know.

I used to love sweet apples but now I cant eat them. I need to research so I can find a mild apple lol

At this stage you probably should get in contact with some perservative orchards and try to get there in time. :p

My favourite apples are Jazz Apples

Been watching your channel religiously for 3 days now, placed an order to a uk exotic fruit company on your recommendations, really cant wait to try snake fruit and egg fruit! I wanna thank you back, I would love if you opened a Ko-fi so I could donate to you (or a paypal name), since I am unable commit to patreon with it being a monthly basis. Love your content very much, and please show ur kitty more in your vids!

What is the place mentioned at 0:18? The caption lists it as "Kata Way", but I can not find that on Google Maps. I'd love to know a place in Berlin with a wide variety of weird fruit!

the second is most probably a Canada apple, one of my favourites. What kind of apples do you have in North America? Most of the varieties you tasted are quite common here, so I was surprised it was something unusual to you

How do you travel so many places language wise? do you buy handbooks or soley guides?

U only get the modern breeds. It’s a ton of old breeds out there, that have all weird tastes and smells.

The third apple is a simple Gala apple from that region in France. That is a brand, not a cultivar. Peace out.

Hey man, I see the little sticker is still on the apple at 6:41 Do you wash your fruits? And if not, can you say why

The Korean pear is not an apple and I have had them several times. It is a species of pear.Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia. The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including: Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwanese pear.

do the red pigeon apple!

All apples have wax on them 😁

have you ever had black currants and gooseberry and we even have a mix between them both calles josta. it's not exotic but black currants are not available in the usa right?

You could have them write down the name if you have a tiny notebook and pen with you. I find that very useful when I travel. Very strange to me that you would just eat fruit without having washed or peeled them.

lol, its cox just so you know ;)

Try ,,red love,, apples or if you fan because it hard to find (you have to buy the tree and plant it and your not allowed to sell the fruits,its illegal)you could try the american ( actually invented in Canada) pink pearl apple.They have red flesh not white and they dont get brown when cut if left for somme time in the fridge,because the red pigment its an antioxidant.All red fleshed apples have genes from somme endangered wild apples from kazahstan ,that are less than 100 trees left in the wild.