Many of the apple varieties that follow ere cultivated to have unique characteristics that make them ... France in the early 1600s, this apple was grown by Thomas Jefferson and boasts a yellow hue ...

Grimes Gold. An heirloom variety (1802) from West Virginia. Crisp and slightly tart, with excellent keeping quality. Early season. Honeycrisp. Lemon yellow, mottled with scarlet, this new ...

Whether you like to get yours from the grocery store or an orchard, keep an eye out for these types of apples when you know you want to prepare a dessert.

Apple lovers can look for their favorite local apple varieties earlier than usual this fall. Most varieties will ripen one to two weeks ahead of normal and many orchards have early season ...

Beautiful Early-20th-Century Watercolors of Apple Varieties You Don’t See Much Anymore. By Rebecca Onion. ... the great preponderance of these apple varieties have dropped out of favor.

If it feels early, that’s because experts say most varieties are set to be ready 10 or more days ahead of normal, following a mild winter and warmer-than-normal early spring that led apple trees ...

Discover the fascinating stories behind legendary apple varieties like the Roxbury Russet, North America’s oldest variety, and the Newtown Pippin, favored by Jefferson, Washington, and was the ...

While September has become synonymous with flannel and pumpkin-spiced everything, in the Champlain Valley it also goes hand in hand with apple harvest. Champlain Valley orchards produce many apple ...