Growing up in Swain County, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel Branch, across the ...
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 ...
Dana Clark is a fourth-generation farmer, who owns and operates Clark Brothers Orchards in Ashfield, along with his brothers, Aaron and Brian Clark. Dana’s children, Naomi and Silas, along with ...
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 ...
Raise a glass of hot cider with us as Terhune Orchards honors the trees that give us our wonderful apples. The ancient British tradition of wassailing the apple trees to protect them from harm is a ...
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 ...
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 ...