How many Jacobsons does it take to run an apple farm? At Pine Tree Apple Orchard, it now takes eight—not to mention the occasional help from spouses, other family members, and about 100 seasonal ...

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Honeycrisp trees often produce a large amount of apples at Apple Acres Orchard near Riverdale, but excessive heat can cause the fruit to fall prematurely. Branches on the trees will often have to be ...

My family has been apple growers in western North Carolina since the early 1900s. While our focus is on the commercial ...

Some apple orchards look like they belong in a fairy tale, with gnarled trees of unknown provenance and mysterious fruits. Not so at Burtt’s Apple Orchard in Cabot, where heavily laden boughs are ...

Around peak apple harvesting season Cornell Orchards manager Eric Schatt typically starts his morning with a cup of black tea with honey and a bowl of oatmeal to keep up with the “chaos.” And during ...

ANCRAM - Juice dripped down my chin as I bit into Frostbite, a small, round, reddish-maroon apple. It tasted sweetly earthy, like molasses, and not at all like an apple. I was captivated. And I was ...

The Colorado State University research station in Yellow Jacket is joining the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project’s efforts to bring apple production back to the region. More than 20 volunteers ...

Growers in northern states are combating virulent outbreaks of a disease as seasons grow warmer, orchards have been reconfigured for higher yields and new varieties may be more vulnerable. By Jim ...

DOOR COUNTY (WLUK) -- Despite severe storms walloping northern Door County this past Saturday, the apple orchards at Schartner's Farm Market in Egg Harbor were still standing tall Tuesday afternoon.