Can one convert RTF to plain text programatically?

example:

TEXT TO mRTF
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green64\blue128;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs24 This is an \cf1\ul\b apple\cf0\ulnone\b0 .
\par }
ENDTEXT

How can one get the text from the above programatically?