One variety of apple called 'Honeycrisp' has peel pigment that takes on one of two patterns—"striped" or "blushed." A single 'Honeycrisp' tree can produce both striped and blushed apples, a ...

The apple varieties whose flavors are familiar from the supermarket, such as Granny Smith, Fuji or Honeycrisp, are sprayed regularly with fungicides and other chemicals in commercial orchards.

It’s time for winter maintenance on apple trees. Here ... don’t neglect to find out how well your potential tree can fight off diseases. ... Chernoh recommends ‘Honey Crisp’ and ...

Some varieties also do poorly in humid or rainy areas susceptible to diseases such as fire blight or apple scab. Cortland and Empire apples, while ... For colder regions, zones 3 through 6, varieties ...

Breeders consider not only an apple’s flavor, texture and appearance, but also disease resistance, storage ability and shelf life. It takes from 20 to 25 years to develop and release an apple variety.

An apple tree in flower. The anther is the yellow section at the tip of the flower's stamens. Scientists like Susan Brown collect pollen from the anther and use it to cross-pollinate with other trees.

Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that apple made it to your local grocery store or orchard it had to be invented ...

The University Minnesota has earned more than $8 million from “Honeycrisp,” mostly from a $1.30 per tree royalty paid by licensed nurseries before the patent expired in November of 2008.

Honeycrisp inspired consumer demand for excellent tasting apples, and that changed the apple market. “It wasn’t that consumers wanted Red Delicious” back in the day, Bedford says.

W hen the Honeycrisp apple debuted in the 1990s, consumers responded ravenously. True to its name, it was sweet and crisp, each bite of blush and gold fruit bursting with juice. Seen as a paradigm ...