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In La Crescent, Harris established Sunny Side Garden orchard, a 40-acre (16.2 ha) plot with apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees, along with other small fruits. Harris planted thousands of apple trees and hundreds of varieties. [2] “A full half of which were complete and total failures,” he said. Harris was almost wiped out of the apple ...
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.
Hoch Orchard Hard Cider – La Crescent; Keepsake Cidery – Dundas; Loon Juice – Spring Valley; Milk & Honey Ciders – St. Joseph; Millner Heritage Winery & Cidery – Kimball; Minneapolis Cider Company – Minneapolis; Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider – Jordan; Montgomery Harvest Premium Cider & Wine – Montgomery; Number 12 Cider ...
Here are five apple orchards near the Des Moines metro. Berry Patch Farms, Nevada. Esther Peralez, of Ankeny, drives a tractor pulling a wagon full of families visiting Berry Patch Farms in Nevada ...
Apple Country Christmas Trees Pick a Christmas tree with a cup of spiced cider in hand at Apple Country Christmas Trees at 2721 Mace Road, Camino. Trees are $95 each, excluding tax and netting ...
Apple Blossom Drive Scenic Byway. Apple Blossom Drive Scenic Byway is a 19-mile (31 km) route in southeastern Minnesota that runs from La Crescent to U.S. Highway 61 north of Donehower. The highway meets the Great River Road at both ends and provides access to Great River Bluffs State Park. As its name suggests, many apple orchards are along ...
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.
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.