Plant and Food scientists working on a GE red apple have been pipped to the post by the commercial launch of the RedLove variety of apple. The RedLove apple is the work of Swiss researcher Markus Kobelt, who over 20 years has successfully developed a number of red fleshed apple varieties that are sweet, tangy and delicious. [...] This highlights the slowness of GE over conventional breeding techniques and the reluctance of New Zealand researchers to fully disclose what natural breeding development techniques are available to achieve the same result without Genetic engineering.