One of the sweeter heirloom varieties, this apple boasts slight notes of pear ... found in a cluster of 100-plus year old trees by Roy Slamm, this antique variety is a dessert and cider apple.

So straight from the tree of knowledge, here are 13 varieties of apples ... in the early 1800s, this heirloom variety is often referred to as the "ugly apple" due to its gnarled, bumpy appearance.

All apples are not alike ... preserve and restore Colorado's heirloom orchards, and it sells trees to fund the nonprofit's work. Currently you can choose varieties online at $60 each, but you ...

For colder regions, zones 3 through 6, varieties such as McIntosh, Haralson, or Honeycrisp are the best heirloom apple trees to grow because of their cold hardiness and higher chilling hour ...

Researchers think the allotments were created in the 30s, but then later abandoned in the 80s, when the allotments fell out of fashion A discovery of 50-year apple blossom trees at an abandoned ...

The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated ...

Apples are the most accommodating and long lived of fruit trees, and they cope with our wet climate quite well. There are ...

A team of researchers from Michigan State University discovered a native tree unlocking the secret to protecting apples from cold weather damage. Steve van Nocker, a ...