12 APPLE VARIETIES GROWING IN MACHAKOS- KENYA @JKusengaFarm fruit farm #applefarming #farming

There is a black apple. The blackness is not due to rot but because it is an apple with black skin. Tai, I'm absolutely certain that 100% or 99% of us apple consumers don't know the meaning of "Pink Lady," the small label written on apples. Where is your village? Sisi chuhi, but I'd assume it's the farm that grows it, or maybe the importers. I don't know. Maybe it's the production company that produces it. Most of us apple consumers know this apple as the apple of Ukambani, the local apple of Ukambani. If you go to the market and give someone this apple, they'll say it's the apple of Ukambani. Funny enough, it is not grown only on the eastern side of Kenya, the Ukambani region. It has spread to the shores of Lake Victoria. People know it as the Ana apple. Jay Kusenga Farm is one of the leading organic apple producers in Kenya. The farm has more than 12 varieties of apples, including Crisp Bread, Fuji, Braeburn, Gala, Anna, Liberty, Golden Dorset, Golden Delicious, Crisp Pink, Honeycrisp, Envy, and Winter Banana. To clarify the situation for farmers inquiring about apple pollinators, four of the 12 apple varieties at Jay Kusenga Farm, The Golden Dorset, Crisp Bread, Fuji, and Winter Banana act as pollinators. Crisp Bread apples are popular varieties known for their crunchiness, firm and juicy texture, and sweet-tart flavor. with top contenders including Honeycrisp, Cosmic Crisp, and Crimson Crisp. This is one of the varieties we have at Jay Kusenga Farm. It is somewhat round in shape. You can see the fruits. This is how they look. This is a Crisp Bread apple. When you leave three apples in each spot, they grow to this size. You can see one of them. There are more apples here. These are the leaves. The leaves look like this. The Gala variety of apples is non-uniform in color, vertically striped or mottled, with an overall orange hue. So when ripe, our Gala looks like this. You can see it. This is Gala. Look how shiny it is. The birds have already started eating it. So this is a type of apple known as Gala, also somewhat round in shape. The Winter Banana apple variety is prone to diseases but is commonly known for its pale yellow skin. Pink blush with a unique mild aroma and flavor reminiscent of banana. The crisp, juicy, and sweet tart apple is excellent for fresh eating, salads, and ciders. This is Winter Banana. It is mostly affected by fog. Fuji apples, also commonly known as bland sugar bombs, are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralph's Janet Dahl. These apples are liked because they are extremely sweet. They have a long shelf life and a pink-sparkled red skin. Golden Dorset is a variety of apple that has heat tolerance, making it ideal for tropical and warm areas. They have a sweet-tart flavor with a yellow-green skin, often with a slight blush. This is Golden Dorset. This is what it looks like. It is also an excellent pollinator. So this is Golden Dorset, round in shape as well. The challenge is not particularly very productive, but it does have this kind of fruitful quality. Liberty apples is a hybrid that is resistant to diseases and pests. known for being deliciously sweet and some with just enough tartness to balance them out. We also have another variety. This one is called Liberty. It is this color. So this is Liberty. It's a new variety from Jekusenga Farm. A variety that we are also coming to understand and continue to cultivate so that we may understand it better. As we believe in diversity and we believe in cultivating various types So that each season we have a very good crop yield and also achieve high production. The next time you go to the market, don't be afraid to ask for an apple by their names. At least now you know the 12 varieties that are in Kenya. A little challenge for us farmers and everyone watching. I would like to suggest something for you. We have a new variety of apple that we have developed, blended, and still don't have a name for. Please comment in the comments section with the name you think we should give the apple. We will do our best and name that apple according to your suggestion. This is another variety. This is a variety we have bred ourselves. We haven't given it a name yet. One of the sweetest apples around, also in shape. So we've been doing a lot of research at Chiku Singa Farm about different varieties of apples. So this is another variety here. Round in shape. It's very shiny. This pinkish color. More pink when it's ripe. You can see the fruits very, very clearly as well. Side fruits. So this is also a different variety. We haven't given it a name yet. Because it's something we've been searching for now for three years. Since we introduced different varieties on our farm. So this one, this variety, we haven't given it a name yet. But this is how it looks. I know you're used to the green and the red apples. But now you know there are 12 varieties of apples in Kenya. The only thing that I know you don't know is that there is a black apple. The black is not rotten. But it is an apple with black skin. Very sweet. It has not borne fruit yet on the farm. But it's coming out. And I will show you the black apple in one of the videos.