Cleopatra Apple
By: Anonymous

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When I was a child 50 years ago in Adelaide, South Australia, there were two main varieties of locally-grown, mid-season eating apples: the red Jonathan, still as popular as it was then, and the yellow, light-fleshed, juicy and succulent Cleopatra, which was my favorite. It has long ago disappeared, and I miss it. I wonder, will I ever taste one again? Most people have never heard of them nowadays, in my part of the world, at least.

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Translations: Κλεοπάτρα Apple, Kleopatra &, كليوباترا أبل, Cléopâtre Apple, クレオパトラアップル, Kleopatra Apple, קליאופטרה אפל, Клеопатра Apple, 클레오 파 트라 애플, Apple Cleopatra, क्लियोपेट्रा एप्पल, Клеопатра Apple, 克娄巴特拉苹果, Kleopatra Apple, Клеопатра јабука, Cleòpatra Apple, Клеопатра Apple

Comments:
Stephen Miegel

I too remember eating many cleopatras when I was young in South Australia in the late 60s and early 1970s. They were simply the best. No other apple has or ever will come close to the taste of these beauties. My father would bring half-cases of these home from the markets/hills and it did not take long before the half-case was devoured. Bring back the Cleo!