Some popular spur type varieties include Delicious, MacIntosh, Winesap, Empire, Starkspur and many others. The other type of apple tree is tip bearing, also called non-spur or terminal bearers. As ...

Two trees planted this week signify the Albany County Town of Guilderland’s deep historical roots as celebrations marking the ...

EMPIRE, MICH. -- Elderly apple trees are scattered throughout Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, from the mainland to the Manitou Islands, dropping their fruit every fall like little notes ...

If you save the seeds from a gorgeous Empire apple and grow trees from them, you won’t end up with Empire apples: you’ll get the fruit that the rootstock was meant to bear.

Cortland and Empire apples, while excellent for northern gardens, are more susceptible to these diseases, making them a challenge in regions with high humidity.

The Empire apple trees lead the pack in full display, but Fowler Farms grows apples for just about every tastebud: Honeycrisp, Gala, Braeburn, Snap Dragons, Evercrisp and Red Delicious.

A relative whippersnapper in the apple world, the homegrown Empire was concocted by Cornell’s Agricultural Experiment Station and made its debut in 1966. It’s sweeter than tart, with an ...

Dr. Way was also instrumental in establishing a gene bank for apples and grapes as well as the most diverse collection of wild apple tree varieties in the world, two preservation projects intended ...

Crops hurt from Canada to North Carolina Empire apples from New York are especially hard hit Bumper crop in Washington state is providing some relief There's an Apple shortage this fall, and it's ...

The phrase “American as apple pie“ leaves out the dish’s complicated history as an English dessert made of fruit that originated in Asia.

It provides a vanguard to the back lands, where Courtland and Empire apple trees are tactically aligned and organically grown. But van Roestenberg has gone the extra step.

Macintosh, Red Delicious, Cortlands, Empire, Jonagold, Granny Smith and Ida Reds are all ripe for the picking at $14.95 a half-bushel. Drive in, pick a tree (there are 30,000 there), spread your ...