Apples

Four new apple varieties released by MAIA

The Midwest Apple Improvement Association – the grower organization that introduced EverCrisp apples five years ago – has released four new apple varieties. Trees that growers purchase this winter will be grafted in 2018 and... more »

Kapnick Orchards wins Michigan cider contest

Kapnick Orchards won the 21st annual Michigan Apple Cider Contest at the Great Lakes Fruit Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids Dec. 8. Cidermaker Scott Robertello owns... more »

Fresh apple holdings at 131.1 million bushels

U.S. Apple Association has released its second report on the 2017 apple crop. According to the survey, this year’s fresh apple holdings on Dec. 1, 2017, totaled 131.1million bushels, 9 percent more than the inventories... more »

New York industry expects good apple supplies

As the New York region prepares for the New York Produce Show, the state’s apple shippers report they expect apple supplies for the year-end holidays to be good on all fronts – good remaining quantities,... more »

Emily Kropf crowned 2018 Michigan Apple Queen

Emily Kropf of Lowell, Michigan, has been crowned the 2018 Michigan Apple Queen. Sarah Rasch of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is first runner-up. Contestants for Michigan Apple Queen must have a connection to the Michigan Apple... more »

RosBREED 2 halfway toward improved parent plants

Apple cultivars with ancient genetic resistance to the industry’s scourge of fire blight, and peaches with a consumer-friendly texture are just two of many targets that researchers with the RosBREED 2 program have in their... more »

Washington State Tree Fruit Association plans annual meeting, expo

The Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA) will host the 113th Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo at the Three Rivers Convention Center Dec. 4-6 in Yakima, Washington. The three-day event serves as a forum... more »

Stark Scarlet Crush cultivar gets Green Thumb award

A new apple cultivar from Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards was recently honored by the Direct Gardening Association. Stark Scarlet Crush Apple Tree recently was one of two products honored in the edibles division of... more »