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La Crescent [1] is a white grape variety developed by the University of Minnesota's cold hardy [2] grape breeding program. [3] Since its release to the market in 2002 [ 4 ] La Crescent has been planted with success in Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Montana , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New York , Ohio , Oregon , Vermont , and Wisconsin .
La Crescent (/ l ə ˈ k r ɛ s ə n t / lə KRESS-ənt) [6] is a city in Houston and Winona counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.The population was 5,276 at the 2020 census. [3]La Crescent is located in the northeast portion of Houston County; [7] [8] the northern edge of the city falls into Winona County.
E.Z. Orchards – Salem; EdenVale Winery – Medford [19] Elk Horn Brewery & Ciderhouse – Eugene [20] Freewater Cider Company – Milton-Freewater; Forest Edge Vineyard – Oregon City; Fox Tail Cider – Hood River; Gold Rush Cider – Medford; Hedgerow Cidery – Dallas; Hiyu Wine Farm – Hood River; Hood Valley Hard Cider – Mt Hood
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.
Now, growers in Lodi — the most diverse wine growing region in the U.S., with 125 varieties in production — and across much of the state are being urged by industry representatives to remove ...
The first modern winery in Minnesota, Northern Vineyards Winery, opened in 1977. In 1973, the first recorded vineyard in Minnesota was planted by David Bailly at Alexis Bailly Vineyard in Hastings, MN. In 1978, Minnesota and Alexis Bailly Vineyard celebrated the production of the first wine commercially produced of 100% Minnesota grapes. [2]
The most extensive orchards in the United States are apple and orange orchards, although citrus orchards are more commonly called groves. The most extensive apple orchard area is in eastern Washington state, with a lesser but significant apple orchard area in most of Upstate New York .
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.