"100% honey apples" tweeted by an apple farmer living in Aomori is currently a hot topic on the Internet.

The beginning of the topic was a tweet posted by Twitter account "Barter" on November 16th. When I posted an apple filled with honey harvested on the same day as "I'm an apple farmer, but I've never seen this 100% honey apple" (sic), more than 110,000 retweets as of 21:00 on November 17th. , About 700,000 likes have been received.

"Barter"'s parents' house in Kuroishi runs an apple farm. He recalls that he was surprised because the apples were transparent to the sun at the time of harvest. According to "Barter," the apple variety is Fuji, and when I ate the apple, it tasted like a thin boiled apple and was not delicious. "Personally recommended varieties are Fuji and Gunma Meigetsu."

Many comments were received on the tweet, some from overseas. "I'm curious about what it tastes like," "the honey is dense," "I've heard that apples with honey are sweet, not honey," (sic). Some people mentioned the impactful appearance and made joking comments about the situation of the new coronavirus.

"Bartey" said, "I used to use Twitter for prizes such as sake, and I never imagined that it would spread so much. When I told my family, it was a strange tension with joy and surprise. From now on, apples It's the season, so I want you to eat a lot of Aomori products. "

A senior researcher at the Apple Research Institute of the Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center (Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture) said, "It is not possible to judge from the photos alone what kind of influence the apples in the topic were born. , Boron excess, manifestation of viral symptoms, etc., and it may have affected single or combined. "

Regarding honey, "There is" honey disease ", but it is not a disease of apples, which is a general term for a state in which honey is excessively contained. Of the four types of sugar components, sorbitol is taken up into cells. It is in a state where it accumulates in the intercellular space together with water. The accumulation of water makes the flesh transparent. There are still many mysteries about the detailed mechanism of the apple, "said the researcher.

"" Honey "is" honey "collected by insects, and" honey "of apples is written as" water core ", which is not preferable from the storage aspect. It is written as" honey "because it is generally permeated. In academic journals, there are many scholars who write differently in "honey". "