Identifying apple varieties can be challenging especially when there aren’t live examples to compare them to. Benscoter started his effort after spending some time in the old orchards that have ...

If you've always wanted to grow apple trees, March and April are great times to plant. But before you buy a tree, here are things to consider.

Modern satellite imagery efficiently helped save time and energy ... where they are evaluated using DNA analysis and then compared to the university’s 3,500-count database of old apple varieties.

Your apple-a-day could have been different for 17,000 days. ... No one wins with the dwindling size of our apple varieties. This has spurred action in the U.S. and abroad, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dave Benscoter is a former FBI agent who, over the course of a 24-year career, investigated political corruption, bank robberies and a variety of other crimes. “My time ...

The UK is home to many varieties of apples. But this ancestor of modern apples was lost – until some determined "apple detectives" set out to find it. In the family tree of British apples, there ...

Some of these apple varieties have been “lost to time,” Sleeping Bear wrote on their Facebook page. You can pick up to one bushel by hand if you’re visiting the Port Oneida orchards, which ...

Find out which varieties are best for eating, cooking, cider and more. ... Top 10 apple varieties at the grocery store. Firmer apples higher in acid are a bit more tart.

Michigan is the third largest apple-producing state in the United States, with more than 14.9 million apple trees across the state, according to the non-profit Michigan Apple Committee.

The UK is home to many varieties of apples. But this ancestor of modern apples was lost – until some determined "apple detectives" set out to find it.