Freaky branding on my APPLES??!!!

So, although there are many delicious tropical fruits that are indigenous to India, the apple is still my favorite. Every week and the fruit and vegetable store, half of the five dollars I spend for my weekly bill goes towards buying my apples. The fujis are quite good! I even named one of my four goldfish "Apple." The other three are Varaiparam (banana), Manguy (unripe mango) and Marmallam (ripe mango).

Today I FREAKED out to find a Christmas tree branded into the skin of my apple! It was like some of the pink pigment had been scratched or bleached away!


I went directly to my computer and got myself busy Googling. I was a little put-off by the concept of eating such an artificially altered piece of fruit until I read this:

http://www.geekologie.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=fuji+apples&IncludeBlogs=&IncludeBlogs=1&x=0&y=0

So I guess when a Fuji apple is ripening, you can put a sticker on it, and then when it's fully ripened you peel off the sticker and WHA-LA! Freaky fruit!

ps-- Geekology happens to be a really funny and interesting website. Check out the homepage.