Question: What can you tell me about the origin of our local Gravenstein apple? A: That’s a great question! Let’s start with the origin of apples themselves, as there is much more known about that ...

Reading labels in the supermarket, you may have wondered where your apples come from – but have you ever thought about why you're eating apples in the first place? Author Sally Coulthard's new book ...

Editor’s note: Part of this story was updated to reflect that a tree in the county that dated back to 1554 was sampled about a decade ago. It was not clear from the reporting whether the tree is still ...

Simon Pierson, an early settler in Le Roy, wrote that when they first came to the frontier, there were no apple trees. This was a very serious situation — not because the pioneers didn’t have apples ...

Apples rank among the world's most valuable fruit crops, with production spanning more than 100 countries. Some apple trees naturally develop into what farmers call 'spur-type' varieties -- compact ...

From cottonwoods and apple trees to a pine older than the state, Boulder County’s trees hold some of the area’s history — going back hundreds of years. In an area full of forest land, nailing down the ...