Everything you need to know about 85 types of apples, from heirlooms like Ashmead’s Kernel to new creations like Gala.

Today's fresh apples could be a year old: Surprising apple facts USA TODAY spoke with apple breeders, growers and researchers to find the secrets of one of America's most popular fruits.

The two botanists with the nonprofit Lost Apple Project scour county fair records, newspaper clippings and nursery sales ledgers to figure out which varieties existed in the area. The task is huge ...

It's out with the old, in with the new, as many - but not all - apple growers switch to new, tastier varieties.

The reason there are so many types of old apple trees tucked around the park? Different varieties had different purposes, says Kimberly Mann, historical architect for Sleeping Bear Dunes.

In 1905, a staff pomologist at the USDA cataloged 17,000 different apple names representing around 14,000 different varieties of apple grown in American orchards and backyards.

Washington's oldest apple tree, a symbol of the state's industry, has succumbed to a crack in its trunk and died at the ripe old age of 194.

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.

Hundreds of old English and Scottish apple varieties were grown in Scotland in orchards run by monks and private kitchen gardeners.

Everything you need to know about 85 types of apples, from heirlooms like Ashmead’s Kernel to new creations like Gala.