Posted on 05/05/2014 7:27:44 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Apple fans in Minnesota will soon be able to find a favorite apple in grocery stores year-round.
The Honeycrisp apple has come a long way from its humble beginnings here in Minnesota. When the apple was first introduced in 1991, University of Minnesota researchers only produced a three-week supply. Now, Honeycrisp is the No. 1 desired apple in America.
“When you find a winner, you stick with it,” scientist and Honeycrisp breeder David Bedford said.
Spring usually means Honeycrisp apples fans must do without their favorite fruit. But Bedford says researchers found a way to have the popular apple available all year.
“The real solution to that is to have some fresh ones from the southern hemisphere,” said Bedford.
Bedford says the patent on the apple has expired, but the university still has rights over international production. So, university researchers helped develop orchards in South America to deal with the demand. The apples are now grown in Chile and New Zealand.
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We first picked Honeycrisps off a tree in a small orchard on US 64 east of Hendersonville, North Carolina back in 2004...now most orchards along the east coast are growing them. An OUTSTANDING apple. We picked them for $1.25/pound in Red Hampshire last year, and I thought that was expensive compared to PYO orchards in the south.
Two bucks a pound probably not an unreasonable price for apples that have to be flown here from New Zealand.
I love GALA apples!
Is the scientist or the presstitute responsible for this one: “Some very nice orchards of Honeycrisp that are coming into baring some beautiful fruit . . .”
“Baring”? ? ?
evil “frankenfood” if you believe some econutters.
Don’t like Honeycrisp....Pink Lady, Ambrosia, now that’s an Apple.
Ten years of honeycrisps, and no changes yet... :-)
Depends on where they are grown.
Am I the only one who depends on the Fuji for a great apple almost every time shopping?
“They are juicy but not my favorite...”
Same here.
My favorite is a Stayman Winesap. A late fruit that is hard to find outside of apple country. The local apple houses in the NC mountains have gone to calling it an heirloom variety.
“We first picked Honeycrisps off a tree in a small orchard on US 64 east of Hendersonville, North Carolina back in 2004”
Those orchards out Hwy 64 are great fun to spend half a day visiting.
Just don’t drink the well water as there is a lot of pesticide contamination.
Have to agree... winesaps are very good but the last one I had was in an orchard in Illinois.
$1.49 per pound at Kroger’s right now...
What happened to Pink Lady (or Crispy Pink) apples? They haven’t been in the stores lately.
“We first picked Honeycrisps off a tree in a small orchard on US 64 east of Hendersonville”
Locally known as Apple Country!
But the Envy is better.
No, my people like the Fuji apples too..
I thought honeycrisps were the bomb, til I tasted pink lady apples. They are the crispiest, sweetest, juiciest apple on the planet! Yum!
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