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

With more heirloom varieties becoming available via mail order sources like Fedco, St. Lawrence Nurseries, and Trees of Antiquity, growers can explore a wide world of delicious and interesting apples.

If someone names those apples and finds them to be desired for flavor or appearance, a sample branch may be trimmed from the tree and grafted onto rootstock. Those apples become "heirloom," with ...

The orchard is now home to trees from 138 varieties — a “Noah’s Ark” for apples, the researchers say, with two specimens of each. The trees are still in their awkward preteen phase, with ...

The Pink Pearl apple is a true gem among apple varieties, known for its stunning pink flesh that sets it apart from most other apples. Developed in 1944 by Albert Etter, a California breeder, this ...

More orchards are propagating and harvesting heirloom peaches, apples, ... an apple tree planted in the late 1800s in Emma, ... “There were once thousands of cultivated apple varieties, ...

The Montana Heritage Apple Program was founded by Toby Day and Brent Sarchet to preserve of heirloom apple varieties that tell a story of the history of fruit grown successfully in Montana ...

Heirloom fruit varieties like the ones planted by pioneers are more than just fun to look at. They could be climate insurance for the food system. But old trees are dying, and new ones are getting ...

At the heart of the orchard is the one–acre heirloom section, where guests can stroll among the same apple varieties planted by Herbert H. Dow 125 years ago.

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen ...

Heritage apple trees will sampled for their “DNA fingerprint” as part of a research project to recover lost varieties and help protect fruit against climate change.

On a sunny morning Oct. 3, they estimated they had harvested 21 of the 68 apple varieties growing on 640 trees. Nagy hopes later-developing varieties get a chance to ripen. He expects to pick ...