A summer apple tree in the front yard is a wondrous thing. I can sit on the front porch and watch apples fall to the ground, ...

Some apple varieties have been specifically cultivated ... Rediscovered in the late 1900s, found in a cluster of 100-plus year old trees by Roy Slamm, this antique variety is a dessert and ...

Richard Robinson Sixteen years ago, when I worked at The Planters & Designers garden center in Bristol, Virginia, old-timers frequentlycame in and asked for apple varieties called Virginia Beauty ...

Enjoyed on their own in an old-fashioned apple pie ... though of course some apple varieties are naturally more tart than others (for example, Granny Smith, McIntosh, and Pink Lady).