16 Jan 2026
STELLAR™ (‘HOT81A1’), a next-generation apple variety specifically bred for hot and warming climates, has been recognised with a Silver Award in the SIVAL Varietal Innovation Competition for 2026 in Angers, France, marking a significant international milestone for the resilient variety.

7 Oct 2025
The first apple in the world bred specifically for hot climates, ‘HOT84A1’ – marketed as TUTTI™, has won first place in the Fresh Produce category at the Innovation Hub Awards at Fruit Attraction 2025 in Madrid, Spain.

8 Sep 2025
Joy Wing Mau, a leading fruit grower, marketer and exporter in China, has been appointed the exclusive growing and sales partner of TUTTI™ apples in China. Joy Wing Mau will plant 300 hectares of TUTTI™ apples, leveraging its capabilities to bring the TUTTI™ apple brand to consumers across China.

1 August 2025
The STELLAR™ Field Day kicks off the harvest season, field sessions and tastings of the Hot Climate Partnership apple and pear varieties.

16 Dec 2024
Copefrut S.A., a Chilean grower, packer, marketer and exporter, has been appointed the exclusive licence holder for TUTTI™ branded apples in Latin America, starting with 150 hectares to be planted in Chile. TUTTI™ is the world’s first apple specifically bred to tolerate hot climates.

30 Sep 2024 
The Hot Climate Partnership is set to unveil STELLAR™,
the world’s first early season apple variety specifically
bred for hot and warming climates next week at Fruit Attraction in Madrid. 

10 Feb 2023
Following twenty years of breeding and scientific development, Tutti™, the world’s first specifically bred hot climate tolerant apple variety, was commercially launched at Berlin Fruit Logistica trade show today.

10 Feb 2023
The world’s only breeding programme focused on apples and pears for hot climates has a fresh new look.

1 Nov 2021
The name is a bit of a giveaway – ‘HOT84A1’ – but this apple is different. It’s the first release from the New Zealand-Spain collaborative Hot Climate Programme (HCP) tailored for growing in hot climates.

14 Mar 2021
NZ science is protecting the world’s red apples from the worst effects of climate change.

10 July 2020
The first apple tailored specifically for growing in hot climate regions has been released from the New Zealand-Spain collaborative Hot Climate Programme.

7 Feb 2019
New, superior tasting apples and pears that can thrive in the planet’s increasingly warm climate will soon be available to fruit growers worldwide.