Heirloom apple trees almost always need at least one pollinator tree to set fruit. Choose a pollinator tree of a different variety that blooms around the same time; for Black Oxford, this is ...

Devotees of heirloom apples are seeking something deeper than culinary excellence—but are these vintage fruits really so ...

For some, like the park's namesake red apple, these orchards might be their last hope. ... adding around 700 new trees since 2022. But bringing heirloom fruits back from the brink is not easy work.

The trees are excellent pollinators in the garden. ... This heirloom apple was first publicly grown in 1805 by Jacob Wycoff in Tompkins County, New York. Wycoff initially named it King, ...

This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown 500 years ago. It won’t be easy. By Margaret Roach “Explore what’s ...

Why heritage, or heirloom apples are suddenly the hottest fruit this fall Their sheer variety of flavors, textures and colors offer something different from the predictability of mass-market options.

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen ...

Genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future.

The orchard is now home to trees from 138 varieties — a “Noah’s Ark” for apples, the researchers say, with two specimens of each. The trees are still in their awkward preteen phase, with ...

We checked out chestnut and centennial apple crab, then enigma, liberty and Williams pride apple trees. Eventually, the property became home to over 200 different fruits, including apples ...

A team of UGA researchers is creating a “Noah’s Ark” of forgotten Southern apples. The Heritage Apple Orchard is home to 140 heirloom varieties, grown from wood cuttings snipped from trees ...

Since Maine’s team of hardcore apple advocates started working with Peace three years ago, they’ve completed about 350 DNA tests on the state’s apple trees, Little-Siebold said.