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

and the deeper you fall under the spell of heirloom apple varieties, which number in the hundreds, the more you will hunger to try them. You'll want to start small if you don't own an orchard ...

The exchange, on Seed Savers’ website, pairs the people who save heirlooms with those who want them, all for the price of ...

Today Seed Savers safeguards more than 20,000 heirloom varieties in the country’s largest nongovernmental seed bank, plus collections that include more than 300 historic apples, 500-plus ...

Many apple varieties require over a thousand chilling hours in winter to ensure dormancy and fruiting cycles are synchronized in the spring. For colder regions, zones 3 through 6, varieties such as ...

Older orchards in particular often hold a treasure sought after by crop scientists: heirloom apple varieties. Heirloom or heritage apples are varieties produced and grown before the 20 th century.

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

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 ...