There are over 7,500 apple varieties ... but over time it became known as King of Tompkins County. First rediscovered in an Arkansas Orchard in the late 1800s, this apple is an old heirloom ...

David Benscoter, of the Lost Apple Project,8 has written an interesting history of the search for lost apples in Eastern Washington. To date, Benscoter and his group have rediscovered around 30 apples ...

"I'm a bit of an apple detective. I've been interested in old varieties all my life. "I showed some fruit to a botanist, who was very curious about a single tree bearing bright yellow apples.