USA TODAY spoke with apple breeders, growers and researchers to find the secrets of one of America's most popular fruits.

Pepin Heights Orchards and many others across the state depend every fall on apple varieties developed at the University of Minnesota, their busiest time of the year. But for orchards, apple season ...

Then the Honeycrisp from Minnesota and the Pink Lady (also known ... A visual guide to apple-picking season “But the abundance of apple varieties that grace most supermarkets only came about ...

American Farmland Trust will lead the Minnesota Farmland Protection Project, aimed at bridging the gap between landowners and ...

Minnesota students are currently on break ... Surprisingly, it was also Roban's first time visiting an apple orchard. "We went to a grocery store and every pumpkin was the same size, I couldn ...

Trees are still heavy with some varieties of apples, so we’re sharing recommendations for Connecticut’s best orchards, cider ...

Cosmic Crisp was developed at Washington State University, and for the time being, it is only licensed to be grown by a few ...

David Bedford, an apple researcher at the University of Minnesota who helps develop new ... into hard cider rather than eating. Some cider orchards went under during Prohibition, and many small ...

Four weeks ago, 25 people were hurt on a field trip to an apple orchard in the town of Lafayette. Gabe Mier was one of them — being flown to the hospital. "Not knowing the extent of his injuries ...

But as part of SweeTango’s launch, the University of Minnesota gave Pepin Heights Orchard in Lake City, Minn., the exclusive right to sell to the wholesalers that put the apple in grocery stores.