Apple picking is one of our favorite fall activities and Maine is home to some of the best orchards for u pick apples ...

School is back in session, and the emblematic apple is in season at local orchards. Courtney Basil, co-owner of Apex Orchards ...

Pearson, amid the trees, agreed. David Bedford, an apple breeder at the University of Minnesota, can answer that. A member of the team that bred the Honeycrisp, Bedford said naming his creation ...

During his career Luby and his team created some of the tastiest apples in the country, including SweeTango, Zestar! and their biggest success, Honeycrisp ... grows into a tree that can survive ...

Settle into sweater weather and the spirit of the fall season with pick-your-own apples at these orchards. Plus, some apple ...

He is one of the people credited with breeding the Honeycrisp ... to picking up an apple is from your normal grocery customer browsing the fruit aisle. He stops at a tree laden with Honeycrisps.

Jim Luby, who began directing the University of Minnesota's fruit breeding and genetics program in 1982, is retiring after 42 years. (University of Minnesota) ...

“If you just used a Honeycrisp root system, it would never live,” he said. All of his trees produce eating apples, which command a higher price (about $3/pound, or $120/bushel, vs. cider ...

“Having all the littles come from the city,” Grant said, “and they haven’t seen an actual apple tree before ... varieties available are McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Gala and Golden Delicious.