Students grapple with a Grapple

Students grapple with a Grapple
Posted: Feb 04, 2010 4:41 PM CST

Students Got to Try a New Fruit Called "Grapple"

JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - If you have children you know how difficult it can be to get them to try new food. Especially vegetables and fruits that look *different* than what they are used to.The Nettleton School District has a grant to introduce fresh fruits and vegetables to kids who might not ordinarily try them. Nettleton has been receiving this grant for two years and it's spread around four different schools.

If you shut your eyes and took a sniff it smells like a grape. ..open them and it looks like a Fuji apple.

"It's the Gra(ay)pple an apple that tastes like it's had grape Kool-Aid injected in it." Says Leshia Stevens one of the Grant writers.Actually they soak the apples in grape-flavored water out in Washington where they are grown.

Now pass them out to second graders. Watch the teeth crunch and the look on the faces as the grape and apple combine flavors.

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