Everyone's got a favorite variety of apple, ... The Golden Russet apple is a beloved heirloom variety that has been cultivated in the United States since the mid-19th century.

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 ...

The Jonathan Fisher House will host special tours of the orchard on the historic property during regular visitor hours on Saturday, July 12, from 1-4 p.m.

Golden Russet. Wild variety, Samascott Orchards. Wild variety, Samascott Orchards. Yarlington Mill. ... His orchard grows 70 varieties of apples for commercial markets, ...

IDEAS In search of the lost apples of New England Once, the fruit came in thousands of varieties. Most of them have vanished or will be gone soon — unless John Bunker can track them down.

Forty varieties of apples on semi-dwarf trees include classics such as Gravenstein, Northern Spy, Pink Lady, and Golden Russet. The Herdiechs also grow Colonial-era favorites Rhode Island Greening ...

At Sweetland Orchard in Webster, 100 varieties of sweet and cider apples define our region's apple terroir. Stewarded by Gretchen Merryweather, owner and orchardist, these splendid trees bear a ...

When it comes to apples, I got a guy, so to speak. In Medina, LynOaken Farms grows more than 300 kinds of apples, mostly not for retail sale, including lots of English cider apples and rare varieties.

Discover the fascinating stories behind legendary apple varieties like the Roxbury Russet, North America’s oldest variety, and the Newtown Pippin, favored by Jefferson, Washington, and was the ...

This shift left behind several apple varieties that could not meet the commercial criteria – including heritage apples. Out of favor, back in vogue Standard flavors like Gala, Fuji and Red ...