Growing heirloom apple trees is becoming increasingly popular among home gardeners. With their hardy parentage, heirlooms are resilient and fairly easy to grow. There are dwarf and semi-dwarf ...

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ANCRAM - Juice dripped down my chin as I bit into Frostbite, a small, round, reddish-maroon apple. It tasted sweetly earthy, like molasses, and not at all like an apple. I was captivated. And I was ...

The Northern Spy is a mostly sweet but slightly tart apple that grows best in cooler climates like Michigan and upstate New York. They aren’t classic beauties—they have an irregular, lumpy shape and ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Wanted, alive: Old-growth apple trees. Ron Walser and Estevan Arellano are trying to track down the gnarled old-timers whose family trees date back to Spanish colonial times. They ...

Orchards established by Mormon pioneers are still producing fruit in Utah. Experts say heirloom fruit varieties can be insurance against climate change, even as hotter summers threaten those trees.

Scott Farm in Vermont grows 100 apple varieties, some of them dating back to the 1700s. These apples may not look as pretty as the Red Delicious,... Keeping Heirloom Apples Alive Is 'Like A Chain ...

The Gravenstein Apple Fair may have come and gone, but apple season is just getting started. There are plenty of pommes worthy of adoration and Gold Ridge Organic Farms in Sebastopol is doing just ...

Strolling through Mann Library on most days, you might not suspect the extent of Cornell’s ties to apples, save for the apple vending machine. But this week, displays in the Mann lobby and vivid wall ...