Rhode Island doesn't have many cideries, but the ones it does have are worth tasting with surprises like heirloom apples or apple wines. Here's where to go to get a taste of the season.

Garnish with a slice of your favorite heirloom apple varietal—and save the Red Delicious for the fruit salad. Recipe adapted from Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink! by Jarrett Dieterle.

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.

This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown 500 years ago. It won’t be easy. By Margaret Roach “Explore what’s ...

So, enjoy an heirloom apple. Seek them out. Here are some more we’ve found in area markets. [ Cox’s Orange Pippin is an apple hybridized in England in 1830.

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.

Gold Ridge Organic Farms owner Brooke Hazen focuses on antique heirloom apples like Hoople’s Antique Gold, Red Gravensteins, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Ashmeads Kernel and Cox Orange Pippin along ...

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.

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.