There are over 7,500 apple varieties around the world (and counting), each with its own unique history, spanning heirloom apples that have withstood the test of time and new types of apples coming ...

With over 7,500 known varieties, apples have been cultivated for thousands of years and continue to be a staple in many cultures. But with only a few of these varieties mass-produced, covered in ...

John Bunker has spent the past fifty years learning everything he can about North American apple varieties. "It's safe to say ...

Home of apples: 80 years dedicated to its origins, expertise, sustainability, and the development of products and brands.

I finally made the journey north to meet John Bunker — a farmer in his 70s who arguably knows more about apple varieties than ...

Once thought to be extinct, the Reasor Green is alive and tasty. Richard Robinson To preserve an antique apple variety, a cutting from the parent tree is grafted to the rootstock of another apple ...

CHANHASSEN, Minnesota — Fall season is in full swing with visits to apple orchards and pumpkin patches. For more than a century, the University of Minnesota's apple breeding program has been ...

Seek out apples that are firm, with smooth and unblemished skin. Early varieties, such as Discovery, Beauty of Bath and Worcester Pearmain, ripen in late summer and tend to be brightly coloured ...

Some older or more lumpy apple varieties may have fallen out of favour as they aren’t as pretty or easy to prune. But, grown locally, they can be that much tastier. Now cuttings from heritage ...