Nowadays, Honeycrisp apples simply don't taste the way they used to. The reasons, while layered, ultimately come down to the fact that this delicate apple variety wasn't made to be grown on a ...

Honeycrisp apples offer a “balanced blend of sweet and tart flavors, with an exceptionally crisp bite,” Gibbons says. But these apples are “challenging” to grow, she says.

Apple lovers usually have to wait until fall to bite into the crispest and juiciest selections of the fruit. But now, a new apple created by University of Minnesota researchers promises to greet those ...

An apple tree in flower. The anther is the yellow section at the tip of the flower's stamens. Scientists like Susan Brown collect pollen from the anther and use it to cross-pollinate with other trees.

The Honeycrisp transformed Minnesota’s languishing apple-growing industry, bringing fresh revenue to small, family-run orchards. It was also an economic boon for the university, which received ...

Instead, lean toward sweet-tart apples like Honeycrisp, or tart and tangy ones like Granny Smith. As for texture, “you want something that feels fairly hard, maybe even more firm than you would ...

1. Cosmic Crisp. The largest apple launch in American history, Cosmic Crisp took over 20 years to develop and was reportedly marketed with a $10 million budget before it hit supermarkets in 2019.

Expect to see these varieties on shelves in the near future, if you haven’t already spotted them. Apples are one of the most popular fruits in the U.S., with Americans noshing on an average of ...