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forests

Podcast: The Last Wild Apple Groves

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
The Podcast Team April 26, 2023
Paradise apple trees in Nelleman's Have.
List

A Tour of the Wondrous and Weird World of Apples

They may be available year-round, but this is the season to celebrate them.
Jonathan Carey September 22, 2022
Father Rui Sousa in the parish orchards.
islands

The Priest Who Resurrected an Island’s Cider Tradition

Father Rui Sousa saw opportunity in the parish orchards.
Rafael Tonon August 5, 2022
Cloves and apples make a simple but meaningful memento.
spices

Reviving the Romance of the Kurdish Clove Apple

These fragrant fruits are deeply symbolic.
Ramsha Zubairi June 1, 2022
Gastro Obscura

Arkansas Black Apple

This dark, rare fruit lasts a very long time.
Horticulture students showing off their work.
Ithaca, New York

The Cornell Apple Vending Machine

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.
List

10 Places to Fall in Love With Fall

Get into the spirit before winter closes its icy grip.
Jonathan Carey November 5, 2021
An apple scoop carved from a sheep's tibia, European, 19th century.
objects of intrigue

For Centuries, England's Go-To Apple Utensil Was a Sheep Bone

No dentures? No problem!
Amelia Soth August 6, 2021
Long, narrow plots of land in Turkey's Taurus Mountains are home to small, intergenerational farming families.
farms

In Turkey's Taurus Mountains, Farms Look Like Modern Art

Despite challenging terrain, these narrow plots produce tons of grain, nuts, fruits, and flowers each year.
Gemma Tarlach June 7, 2021
At farmers markets and other events, Brown displays a variety of apples to incite pomaceous conversations.
food

Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' Varieties

Tom Brown's retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.
Eric J. Wallace June 3, 2021
Pastila with tea is a Russian teatime staple.
food

The Historic Russian Recipe That Turns Apples Into Marshmallows

Disarmingly simple, pastila is lighter than air.
Anne Ewbank May 28, 2021
Apple blossoms peeking out of the ice.
trees

Why Italian Apple Farmers Are Coating Their Orchards in Ice

Freezing the trees, blossoms and all, may be the only way to save the crop.
Vittoria Traverso April 27, 2021
John Chapmnan's gravestone
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Grave of Johnny Appleseed

This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
Qvevri are buried at Castle Hill Cider; in the country of Georgia, clay vessels like these have been used to ferment wine for thousands of years.
history

The Cider Makers Who Bury Their Booze

A Virginia cidery has adapted an 8,000-year-old winemaking method.
Eric J. Wallace October 1, 2020
The former samurai who bred Japan's first apple, the "Indo" variety pictured here, named it after the state of Indiana.
food

How Former Samurai and Farmers Cultivated the First Japanese Apples

Famous fruits, including the Fuji apple, were the result of decades of effort.
Emily Warren August 14, 2020
Community groups, or "delegations" to the Boston Tree Party, planted pairs of apple trees in public spaces around Boston.
gardens

400 Years After Its First Apple Farm, Boston Remains an Urban Orchard

Urban canners and tree-planting groups are maintaining an heirloom tradition.
Reina Gattuso July 8, 2020
TOC identified the Mihalyfi apple among those sent by the Lost Apple Project.
science

'Extinct' Apple Varieties Are Actually Everywhere

10 were discovered over just the last few months.
Matthew Taub April 17, 2020
The Pink Pearl apple, seen from the top.
food

Around the World in Rare and Beautiful Apples

From the sweet to the offbeat.
Anne Ewbank January 6, 2020