Whether or not you’re up on your apple trivia, no doubt you know how delicious this popular fruit is—and how nutritious. There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world ...

There are over 7,500 apple varieties around the world (and counting), each with its own unique history, spanning heirloom apples that have withstood the test of time and new types of apples coming ...

Let Stemilt’s Granny Smith and D’Anjou pears be the green consumers find in the produce department this St. Patricks’ Day.

For a lot of people, there’s nothing more “holistic” or “natural” than going to an apple orchard and picking their favorite fall fruit themselves. But the truth is, when you shine up that ...

A crispness has returned to Minnesota’s night air signaling that fall and the harvest season is upon us. It also means it is apple time. Hutchinson lies in the southwest corner of a growing ...

A prolonged dry spell has got Shimla farmers worrying about the apple crop, which is now threatened by a hampered production. Desired cooling hours (1,200 to 1,600 below 7 degrees Celsius) for ...

Seek out apples that are firm, with smooth and unblemished skin. Early varieties, such as Discovery, Beauty of Bath and Worcester Pearmain, ripen in late summer and tend to be brightly coloured ...