A New Zealand company has launched a new family of apples specially bred to grow well in hot weather, as the climate keeps warming.
VentureFruit, part of the Kiwi company T&G Global, unveiled the new apples, called Adore, at a big fruit trade show in Madrid, Spain, on 6 October 2026.
The apples come from the Hot Climate Partnership, a breeding project that New Zealand and Catalonia, in Spain, started all the way back in 2002. So far there are two red varieties, including one called HOT03A1, with more on the way.
VentureFruit general manager Morgan Rogers said growers can pick whichever Adore variety suits their own climate and harvest time. “The climate resilience really is a grower-based benefit,” he said.
About 120 hectares, which is roughly 170 rugby fields, of the apples are already being grown in Catalonia. Young Adore trees are also being trialled here in New Zealand, although it will be a few years before there is fruit to show for it.
Experts say warmer temperatures are making it harder to grow top-quality apples in some parts of the world, so climate-tough varieties like these could become more and more important.
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