This year, Cornell University released three new apple varieties: the scab-resistant Cordera, the crisp and mild Pink Luster, and the complexly flavored Firecracker. Collectively, they're a ...

Genotyping techniques can be used to select fruit trees with desired traits at the seedling stage, increasing the efficiency of fruit tree breeding. However, so far, there are multiple different ...

The apple breeding program at the University of Minnesota has been a long-standing tradition that has brought the University much-deserved attention across the country. As apple season reaches its ...

Apples rank among the world's most valuable fruit crops, with production spanning more than 100 countries. Some apple trees naturally develop into what farmers call 'spur-type' varieties -- compact ...

Ohio researchers have been working to create more resilient apple varieties. The Dawes Arboretum in Newark says it will no ...

You take a bite out of your midday apple and it’s just perfect: the right amount of crunch, juice, sweet and sour. You imagine saving its hard brown seeds and planting them in the ground. One day ...

David Bedford has been “saving the world from mediocre apples” for 40-plus years. Yes, Red Delicious, we’re looking at you. Bedford, an apple breeder for the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum ...

Katharine Suding’s children arrived home one day in 2017 with a small bag of apples from an unkempt old apple tree that sat in the middle of a field near her home in Louisville. Suding, an ecology ...