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

This heirloom apple was first publicly grown in 1805 by Jacob Wycoff in Tompkins County, New York. Wycoff initially named it King, but over time it became known as King of Tompkins County.

Bunker, who runs an heirloom apple CSA called Out on a Limb, grows heritage varieties himself at Super Chilly Farm in Palermo, and this year he is selling some of his crop to Rosemont Markets.

In the summer of 1990, Carl Sutton was working at a winery after dropping out of Sonoma State, and lived in a shack in the middle of a 50-year-old Gravenstein apple orchard. "I remember how ...

At long last, heirloom apples. 1 / 10. Bill Spencer, right, and Barbara Spencer grow apples at Windrose Farm, in the hills just east of Paso Robles.

“It’s a true American apple,” says horticulturist Grace Elton, CEO of Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Mass., which grows 119 varieties of pre-20th-century heirloom apples.

Why heritage, or heirloom apples are suddenly the hottest fruit this fall Their sheer variety of flavors, textures and colors offer something different from the predictability of mass-market options.

One of the more popular apples in the South is the Carolina Red June, and it’s been used in pies since the mid-1800s. This early apple is small, and its flesh is white with red staining, tender ...

The University of Georgia’s Heritage Apple Orchard, home to 138 heirloom varieties, is seeking to rediscover -- and grow -- the South's heirloom apples.

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, but what they lack in looks they make up for in taste.

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, but what they lack in looks they make up for in taste.