New genomes to help protect Britain's wild and ancient apples

The full genetic codes for Britain's only native wild apple, the European crab-apple, Malus sylvestris, and four heritage edible apple varieties have been sequenced by scientists. Together, these top-quality genome assemblies ...

Allergy-friendly apple varieties

In a few years, apples that are officially deemed allergy-friendly will be available in supermarkets. The apples are a result of a project in which researchers in cooperation with the Züchtungsinitiative Niederelbe (ZIN), ...

Getting to the core of a more nutritious apple

A new platform housing data from over 100 apple varieties could shave years off of the breeding process and enable data-driven assessments of how to boost the health benefits of America's favorite fruit.

10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct—the largest number ...

SnapDragon and RubyFrost are new apple varieties

Cornell has announced two new apple varieties developed in partnership with the New York Apple Growers (NYAG). They are SnapDragon and RubyFrost, and they have undergone a year of rigorous consumer testing as NY1 and NY2.

Two new apple varieties released for NYS growers only

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, new apple varieties developed at Cornell will be released exclusively to New York state growers, under a licensing agreement with the New York State Apple Growers group.

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