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 ...

The backyard apple tree was left to grow wild—until a recent surge in interest in heritage varieties and hard cider production. As scraggly and unkempt as an old apple tree may appear, it can still be ...

He's there in all the old photographs, staring out at you. But who is he? The DNA of some apple varieties, for instance, shows that they are descended from a lost tree, one that must have existed ...

There’s a hearty band of hunters ransacking the South, says Lee Calhoun, hunting for old Southern apples. They are tracking down apple trees in the front yards of old country homes that may ...

Genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers Sign In: ...

Many varieties of apples are available as both container-grown stock or as bare-root whips, which are one-year-old single-stem trees without any side branches. Hundreds of different apple ...

But old trees are dying ... and the specific heirloom varieties have become rare. For some, like the park's namesake red apple, these orchards might be their last hope. COTRELL: If we lose ...