Sep 17, 2012New apple varieties being developed in Geneva, N.Y.
Waiting for the new crop of fall apples may seem like an exercise in delayed gratification.
But it’s child’s play when you consider the amount of time it takes to actually create a new apple variety and see it evolve from a cross between two parent varieties to a commercially viable apple that you can pack in your lunch or slice and bake into pies.
Susan Brown, a Cornell University horticulture professor and apple breeder, intimately understands the patience required to bring new apples to consumers.
Two varieties that she began working on in the 1990s are now being planted on hundreds of acres across the state, and a limited amount should be on sale in 2013. Democrat and Chronicle
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