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A contest held among his employees led to choosing the name "Tree Top" due to the perception that the highest quality fruit grows at the tops of trees. [1] A handful of orchardists purchased Tree Top from Bill Charbonneau in 1960 and with the purchase, the growers bought the right to the first clear apple juice process developed and its ...
As a result of the Honeycrisp apple's growing popularity, the government of Nova Scotia, Canada, spent over C$1.5 million funding a five-year Honeycrisp Orchard Renewal Program from 2005 to 2010 to subsidize apple producers to replace older trees (mainly McIntosh) with newer higher-return varieties of apples: the Honeycrisp, Gala, and Ambrosia.
The MN55 cultivar apple developed by David Bedford, a senior researcher and research pomologist at the University of Minnesota's apple-breeding program, and James Luby, PhD, professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Research Center, is a cross between Honeycrisp and MonArk (AA44), a non-patented apple variety grown in Arkansas.
1. Cosmic Crisp. The largest apple launch in American history, Cosmic Crisp took over 20 years to develop and was reportedly marketed with a $10 million budget before it hit supermarkets in 2019.
The apple could not be grown by non-members. Members, who pay royalties for a license on producing the 'Minneiska' trees, can sell the apple only through the cooperative. [13] [19] [20] The practice, called "managed variety" for high quality standards, [21] was a new concept to the United States when the apple was developed. [22]
The look of the apple's light lenticels against its wine-red skin reminded focus groups of a galaxy against a night sky, which led to it being named the Cosmic Crisp. [1] Compared to the Honeycrisp, the Cosmic Crisp is fairly easy to cultivate, making it popular among farmers. [6] It is the first widely grown apple variety developed in ...
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Gardners Candies has issued a nationwide recall on one of its chocolate bars, due to the risk of a tree nut allergy.. The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday (December 27) that the ...