by Amy Bassett | Mar 20, 2024
Saint Edmund’s Pippin apple tree was discovered in the orchard of Richard Harvey, in the town of Bury St. Edmunds, England, around 1870. The St. Edmunds Pippin apples are considered the best early russet and listed among the six favorite apples grown in England....
by Amy Bassett | Mar 20, 2024
A popular 19th century apple, very widely grown in Europe at the time, and versatile for culinary and dessert uses. King of the Pippins is a sharp, firm, juicy apple which sweetens in storage.
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
The Harrison cider apple is one of the most famous 18th-century American cider apples, primarily used for the production of apple cider. Grown in New Jersey before and after the American Revolution, it fell out of favor by 20th century. The Harrison cider apple was...
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
Pink Lady® apples were born down under in the 1970s under the cultivar name Cripps Pink (see below for more on the cultivar name!). A researcher named John Cripps, who worked for Western Australia’s Department of Agriculture, crossed the American classic Golden...
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
Suncrisp apples were developed by Dr. Fred Hough and Catherine Bailey at the Rutgers Horticultural Research Farm in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The variety was created from a cross between cortland and cox’s orange pippin apples, known as NJ303955, and the resulting...
