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.

A fruit enthusiast with a love for apples can easily tell the differences between these seemingly similar apple varieties. Each of these offers something unique, whether it's flavour, texture, or ...

creek beds and unfarmable steep slopes to rediscover nearly 30 apple varieties lost to cultivation in North America. He has documented this fascinating story in a new book, “Lost Apples ...

Grocery stores only recently started stocking a variety of apples Not so long ago, most American supermarkets sold only a few apple varieties – Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths.

(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 ...