The science of the humble apple

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AP Television West Malling, Kent, UK, 2nd September 2011 1. Various of Bramley apples being picked at Howard Chapman Ltd, Broadwater Farm in West Malling, Kent, UK 2. Set up shot Peter Checkley 3. Close up apple being measured 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Checkley, Farm Manager, Howard Chapman Ltd: "The Bramley is a very English apple. It is the most English apple. It's grown in England and Ireland and nowhere else really in the world. It has a little bit less sugar than a desert apple and for that reason it's for cooking and cooking only. And that's where you get your Bramley apple pies and the mincemeat that goes into the mincemeat we have at Christmas. Every apple pie that is made usually comes from a Bramley. It's the best apple there is for cooking." AP Television East Malling, Kent, UK, 2nd September 2011 5. Sign for the village of East Marling that incorporates two apple trees AP Television East Malling Research Centre, Kent, UK, 2nd September 2011 6. Sign for the East Malling Research Centre 7. Various of Dr Chris Atkinson, Head of Science at East Malling Research looking at apples on experimental tree 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Atkinson, Head of Science at East Malling Research: "There's been a demand from consumers to want different sorts of apples. And that demand is driven by having crisper and sweeter varieties. So people have attempted to breed new apple varieties that fit those sorts of consumer requirements. And that has meant once they've bred material they want to protect it and they want to control how it is grown , they want to control the quality of it and they also want to control the financial yield." 9. Various of Karen Thurston, Facilities Manager using a penetrometer machine to test the firmness of an experimental apple variety 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karen Thurston, Facilities Manager at the Product Quality Centre, East Malling Reseach: "Today we are looking at a new apple variety. We're testing to look at the firmness of the apple to tell how mature it is. We'll do this at the end of its storage period to test the storage capability of the fruit." 9. Various of a scientist at East Malling Research slicing an apple an then examining a cross section under a microscope 10. Various of Graham Caspell, Commercial Farm Manager at East Malling Ltd looking at fruit in an orchard of special apple varieties 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Graham Caspell, Commercial Farm Manager at East Malling Ltd: "now we used to have coxes that were barn stored or just air stored right the way through to February - March time. And now of course with technological advancement where we've got controlled atmosphere, we're able to keep these coxes and other apples - not 12 months of the year, but 9, 10 months." AP Television Notting Hill Gate, London, UK 3rd September 2011 12. Various of sign for a farmer's market in Notting Hill Gate, London saying 'Apple Season has started.' 13. Various of an apple stall with people choosing different varieties 14. Various of people eating samples of apple in a London farmer's market 15. Various of people buying apples at a stall in the farmer's market 16. Various of David Deme of Chegworth Valley Farm serving customers 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Deme, Chegworth Valley Farm: "The problem with getting this sort of apple into a supermarket is the fact that there probably isn't enough of any one variety. They would need a very large supply of say Santana for instance which isn't grown a great deal here. But we like it. It's a lovely flavoured apple, it's a good apple apple for organics and it's not something that you would find in a supermarket." AP Television West Malling, Kent, UK, 2nd September 2011 LEADIN: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d9b4da9a7a70928c3467c71d76de0f17 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork