Apple Breeding
Alix Gilman Alix Gilman

Apple Breeding

The next time you crunch into a Snapdragon or juice drips down your chin from a Honeycrisp, take a minute to acknowledge all the time and effort that went into developing these amazing apple varieties, and know that it all started at the core of one single apple.

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Happy Birthday, Johnny!
Alix Gilman Alix Gilman

Happy Birthday, Johnny!

Raising a glass (of hard cider of course!) to the man who became a legend, and who found, at the core of all those apples, a source of health and prosperity for thousands of early Americans.

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Behind the Scenes: Grafting!
Alix Gilman Alix Gilman

Behind the Scenes: Grafting!

If planting an apple seed will give you an apple tree with completely unique apples, how do we produce apple trees with the same apple varieties that we know we want to grow, market, and eat? The answer is … grafting.

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