A study out of the University of Wyoming sought to identify heritage apple cultivars planted in the state's homesteads, orchards, and nurseries from as early as 1870. Using microsatellite markers, ...

CALDWELL — George Raino and Richard Uhlmann have been hunting for a prize that could be hidden in plain sight. As co-founders of the Lost Apple Project‘s Idaho chapter, Raino and Uhlmann investigate ...

Lost Apple Project founder David Benscoter will be speaking next month about the heritage apple varieties once grown across ...

In a chilly wing of a Boulder greenhouse, apple trees have begun to sprout. The growing trees are the focus of the Boulder Apple Tree Project, which aims to identify, study and preserve historic apple ...

Mother Nature has us in a waiting game as to when she will let us get out in the garden and begin the new garden season. However, for people like Dave Benscoter and the folks involved in the Lost ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Take a bite out of history while visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this fall. Orchards within the Port Oneida Historic District in the national park have heirloom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A team of retirees who scour the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were ...

The following historical information was provided by the Lost Apple Project and the Temperate Orchard Conservancy: Almota: Discovered by Charles Moys near Pullman, this apple has pale yellow skin ...

Study provides insight into possible heritage apple cultivars that could be grown in Wyoming and also in other states with similar harsh growing conditions. A study out of the University of Wyoming ...