PORT ONEIDA, MICH. -- Of all the incredible natural treasures to be found at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, rare apple varieties are not among the obvious. But heirloom apple trees are ...

Life; You can pick rare apple varieties at Sleeping Bear Dunes this fall. Published: ; Oct. 12, 2023, 9:28 a.m.

News; Apple detective finds five more apple varieties thought to be extinct and seven others that were rare or lost Thu., March 1, 2018 David Benscoter, who seeks out lost varieties of apples in ...

If ever anyone qualifies for the title of modern day Johnny Appleseed, it's Tom Brown, a retired chemical engineer. He's been scouring Appalachia since the 1990s, searching for and preserving rare ...

Inspired Life Apple hunter’s 16-year quest for rare ‘lost’ variety was just the start ‘These apples were going to be soon lost if I didn’t get busy and try to save them,’ said Tom ...

That apple tasting was just a part of a larger movement focused on celebrating and saving these rare varieties before they die out. John Bunker, founder of Fedco Trees , played a critical role in ...

Related: Our 13 Best Apple Pie Recipes Cider apples. Many cider makers like to use a blend of apple varieties with different characteristics. This commonly involves combining high-tannin, bitter ...

If it’s October, it must mean postseason baseball, Halloween and the Apple Affair, a gathering on the Steamboat Island Peninsula in which people get to taste and buy uncommon apple varieties ...

Rignall Hall in the Steamboat Island area of Olympia opened its doors to the apple affair on Sunday, a longtime event that welcomes visitors to taste and purchase rare apple varieties grown in ...

In fact, some apple growers and cultivators sell their apples for as little as $3 each- the cost of Sekai-Ichis in 1973! While they are rare, you can indeed find these huge apples in the States.

Everyone's got a favorite variety of apple, but some of the juiciest, most flavorful apple varieties are ones you may have ...