Rare Apple Found In Michigan

A very rare piece of fruit recently was discovered by an employee at Schweitzer Orchards in Sparta, MI. The Rome apple was approximately one-quarter red and three-quarters green and is called a chimera apple.

Nick Schweitzer, manager at Schweitzer Orchards tells WOOD-TV the green portion of the apple is a Rome apple, and the red portion is an early spur Rome apple and is the result of a genetic mutation.

Schweitzer says the chances of this mutation happening are one in a million.