In a country known for its new varieties, a small apple is garnering attention beyond New Zealand, and its producers have big ambitions for it in the snack market. The Rockit apple, a miniature apple from the parentage of Gala and Splendor developed by Plant and Food Research New Zealand, is only about a third the size of a conventional piece of fruit, but packs a sweet punch: Brix of up to 20, but with good pressure and high dry matter due to its compact nature.The company largely sells them in tubes of three or five pieces — Borton Fruit in Washington state also started packing 3-pound packs — and expects to pack 7 to 7.5 million tubes this year in New Zealand.
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