apples

Swapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of Fruit

5:35pm November 26, 2015

by Arun Rath

Urban foragers don't just pick their meals from the trash; many eat only the finest, freshest produce — picked from city trees. The League of Urban Canners harvests fruit from trees to make jam.

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Jose Martinez in the Adams County, Pa., orchard where he's working this year. He's been coming to the county for the apple harvest for the last 13 years.

National

Inside The Life Of An Apple Picker

5:55am October 23, 2015

by Dan Charles

It's apple-picking time. For some of us, that's casual recreation. For tens of thousands of people, though, it's a paycheck — and one stop in a migratory life.

Arctic Granny (right), a GMO variety created by Okanagan Specialty Fruits, got the gren light from federal regulators Friday. The apple doesn't turn brown like a conventional Granny Smith apple (left).

Science

GMO Apples Get The Nod, But Not Much Of A Welcoming Party

5:47pm February 19, 2015

by Dan Charles

Government regulators have approved the first genetically modified apples, which don't turn brown when you cut them open. But planting these trees will be a gamble since consumers may not want them.

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Pinatas are among the new generation of club apples — varieties that are not just patented, but also trademarked and controlled in such a way that only a select "club" of farmers can sell them.

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Want To Grow These Apples? You'll Have To Join The Club

8:21pm December 02, 2014

by Dan Charles

New brands are reshaping the apple aisle of supermarkets. Many are "club apples" --varieties that are controlled and managed by select groups of farmers.

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The Maiden Blush, Chenango Strawberry and Duchess of Oldenburg are heirloom apples found in old orchards across Colorado, which was once a major apple-producing state.

The Comeback Of The Endangered Colorado Orange, An Apple

4:03pm September 10, 2014

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn

The Colorado Orange is no orange; it is an apple, with a unique texture and citrus taste. There's a new effort to bring it and other endangered Colorado apples back from the brink of extinction.

The Sounds of Growing Apples

10:41am August 26, 2013

Through rhythmic flutters, staccato chirps and hypnotic hums, summer speaks to each of us.

Michigan Apple Orchards Blossom After A Devastating Year

8:20pm May 14, 2013

by Noah Adams

The apple trees are heading for full blossom in Michigan after a disastrous 2012 crop, when only 15 percent of the apples survived. But this year's harvest is expected to rebound.

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