The apple game has changed, right under our very apple tree. It’s no longer just Red Delicious and Granny Smiths. There are ...
New apple varieties like SnapDragon and Cosmic Crisp are poised to take over supermarket shelves, according to experts.
Apples are big business for states like Washington, New York and Michigan. Find out which varieties are best for eating, cooking, cider and more.
Apple varieties number into the thousands with different types preferred for eating, making juice and cider, baking and processing. Growers are constantly experimenting with new varieties.
(My favorite? Evercrisp.) David Bedford, an apple researcher at the University of Minnesota who helps develop new varieties (his favorite apples: Honeycrisp, SweeTango and Rave) says ...
David Benscoter, of the Lost Apple Project,8 has written an interesting history of the search for lost apples in Eastern Washington. To date, Benscoter and his group have rediscovered around 30 apples ...
Delving into old county fair records, nursery sales ledgers, newspaper clippings and tips from people and scouring hills, ...