Try this: You can’t go wrong planting a Honeycrisp apple tree. Its sweet, crunchy, medium-size apples are perfect for eating fresh when you pick them. Grow a columnar apple tree in small spaces.

An apple tree in flower. The anther is the yellow section at the tip of the flower's stamens. Scientists like Susan Brown collect pollen from the anther and use it to cross-pollinate with other trees.

Apple breeding is a lengthy process, taking up to thirty years for a new apple variety to hit the market after cross-pollination. The tree that Bedford saved in 1982 was one of four clones of MN ...

An apple’s metabolism will continue to function even after it leaves the tree, Evans said. To fuel this process, the fruit uses up its store of certain acids that add tartness to its flavor.

W hen the Honeycrisp apple debuted in the 1990s, consumers responded ravenously. True to its name, it was sweet and crisp, each bite of blush and gold fruit bursting with juice. Seen as a paradigm ...

While Linvilla grows 37 varieties of apples over 26 acres — including Fuji, Pink Lady, Zestar, and yes, some Honeycrisp—the farmer is constantly on the lookout for the next Big Apple.