The annual New Year's Eve "Red and White Song Contest" television show provided a clue, though.
Sonata is a better berry, for a start, and the varieties that come along a little later in the season, from late June onwards, tend be juicier and sweeter still – look out for Jubilee, Sweet Eve, Red Glory, Honeoye and Ava.
Perhaps more intriguing was the actress andrapper Eve, whose red and crystal-encrusted nails gleamed in the low lighting.
At Da House of Sabbah, Eve parted a red velvet curtain and emerged from the dressing room.
Ryan Seacrest, below, the host of "American Idol," successor to Casey Kasem on "American Top 40," co-host of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and ubiquitous red-carpet reporter, will be master of ceremonies at the 59th primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 16, the Fox network announced yesterday.
On election eve, wearing a bold red sheath, she accepted congratulations for swaying voters.
But once over the taking-off of shoes and negotiation of some curious geological features sprouting from the floor, I find myself enjoyably zoning out to the puddles of projected light on the ceiling in which a red-haired Eve appears to wallow.
On the eve of Wrapped in Reds release, RCA Records released an animated lyric video for "Underneath the Tree", featuring shots of ice skating, a snow-covered town, and copious Christmas trees.
On midterm election eve, the electoral map ran red with Republican victories".
Eve recently partnered with CD Projekt RED, the makers of The Witcher series, to help promote their upcoming epic, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Co-author and law professor Marie-Eve Sylvestre told VICE so-called "red zones" are widely used in drug-related cases and they threaten basic access to food, shelter, and other life-saving services.
