Envy is a trademarked brand of the Scilate

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variety. Scilate is the result of a cross between Royal

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. It was developed in

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, submitted for a patent in 2008 and patented in 2009. The Envy apple is mostly red with yellow specks. The peel is fairly thick and tough. The flesh is pale yellow. It is a sweet apple with low acid and a slightly flowery taste. Distribution of the Envy apple in North America began in 2009 through the Oppenheimer Group, and

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(The New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board); they began small commercial volumes in 2012 in

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. The first fruit surpassed 100,000 cartons for production in 2014. The companies anticipate harvesting 2 million cartons of the fruit by 2020. Envy apples are being grown under license in New Zealand, Australia, Washington (U.S. state) and

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. Field tests are also being done in the UK, France, and with organic cultivation in Italy.

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