The UK is home to many varieties of apples. But this ancestor of modern apples was lost – until some determined "apple detectives" set out to find it. In the family tree of British apples, there ...

Though you may think it's British, the Black Oxford apple is a rare heirloom variety that originated in Paris, located in Oxford County, Maine, in the late 1700s.

The explosion of crisp, commercial apple varieties in the last century doomed many other breeds into obscurity. But in a field in Kent in the UK, some of them live on. A few miles from the sea in ...

Sam Knight on the struggles British apple farmers face, the many unique varieties of English apple that are disappearing, and the efforts to catalogue these apples. Skip to main content.

British farmers will plant a million less apple trees this year as the industry is ravaged by inflation, labour shortages, climate change and cheap supermarket prices. Landowners across the ...

The UK has nearly 2,500 delicious heritage apple varieties, yet modern economies of global scale mean Gala and Braeburn- two New Zealand varieties- make up half of British apple sales.

Whether or not you’re up on your apple trivia, no doubt you know how delicious this popular fruit is—and how nutritious. There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world, and ...

Find out which varieties are best for eating, cooking, cider and more. ... Top 10 apple varieties at the grocery store. Firmer apples higher in acid are a bit more tart.

Apple trees grow well in a wide range of soil types. They prefer soils with a texture of sandy loam to a sandy clay loam. Good soil drainage is critical for successful apple production, so avoid ...