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Mrs. Freshley's is an American brand of snack cakes produced and distributed by Flowers Foods. [1] Varieties of this brand include Honeybuns, Pecan Twirls, Dreamies (similar to the Twinkie ), Swiss Rolls, Peanut-butter Wafers (called Buddy Bars, similar to Nutty Bars ), Brownies, Creme-filled Cookies, and many more.
Stemilt Growers, owned by the Mathison family, is a family-owned tree fruit growing, packing and shipping company based in Wenatchee, Washington.Stemilt is the largest fresh market sweet cherry shipper in the world, [1] and one of the nation's largest grower-packer-shippers of apples, pears, cherries, and stone fruit.
Cortland is a cultivar of apple developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, United States in 1898. [1] The apple was named after nearby Cortland County, New York. It is among the fifteen most popular in the United States [2] and Canada.
The name manchineel (sometimes spelled manchioneel or manchineal), as well as the specific epithet mancinella, are from Spanish manzanilla ('little apple'), from the superficial resemblance of its fruit and leaves to those of an apple tree. It is also called beach apple. [5] A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, 'little apple ...
Lady Alice is a cultivar of domesticated apple that was discovered in 1979 at an orchard near Gleed, Washington, as a chance seedling, and is a registered trademark by the Rainier Fruit Company. It is named after Alice Zirkle, a co-founder of the company. [1] [2] [3]
Gravenstein flowers in Norway. The Gravenstein plant is a triploid; it requires pollination from other trees, and is a poor pollinator of other apples.The short stems and variable ripening times make harvesting and selling difficult.
Anna was bred by Abba Stein at the Ein Shemer kibbutz in Israel, in order to achieve a Golden Delicious-like apple, that can be cultivated in nearly tropical areas.A regular apple needs between 500 – 1000 hours of chilling [2] (aka chill units [3]) in order to get in blossom, but Anna flourishes even with less than 300 hours, so it can be grown in warm climates. [1]
[2] [3] These apples flower in mid to late season, and are in flower group 4. [clarification needed] [4] Ambrosia is most common in British Columbia, where it was discovered, and is the third most-produced apple in the province. It is also being produced in Ontario and Nova Scotia, as well as many other places around the world. [5]