Apple lore says that the farmer who found it named it after his wife, Pauline. And further down, the word “heirloom,” written in cursive, regally unspools across a sign. It signals the Milton ...

The University of Georgia’s Heritage Apple Orchard is home to 138 varieties of heirloom apples that were once in circulation across the state.

Hundreds of neglected heritage apple varieties are being revived due to the rise of community orchards. Regional varieties, such as Arlingham Schoolboys and Ashmead's Kernel, are thriving as keen ...

Ray Covington, superintendent of the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center near Blairsville, takes a bite of a Terry Winter apple, one of the 138 varieties of heritage apples he’s ...