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Apples

The former samurai who bred Japan's first apple, the "Indo" variety pictured here, named it after the state of Indiana.

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.

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.

'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.

Around the World in Rare and Beautiful Apples

From the sweet to the offbeat.

Anne Ewbank January 6, 2020

Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.

Paradise apple trees in Nelleman's Have.

Nellemann's Have

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.

Meet the crisp and tart Gravenstein apple.

In Northern California, the Time Is Ripe for a Forgotten Apple's Comeback

Once-popular Gravensteins are available for just two weeks each August.

Evan Nicole Brown August 6, 2019

Colborne, Ontario

The Big Apple

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

The volumes list over 16,000 apple varieties.

Meet the Man on a Quest to Document Every Apple in North America

And the mammoth book he wrote about it.

Rohini Chaki June 18, 2019

Jersey Black Butter

Once a year, communities on the tiny island gather to preserve the art of making licorice-flavored apple butter.

Redlove Apple

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

Boiled Cider

Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.

Stockholm, Sweden

Newton's Apple

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

Marlborough Pie

A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.

Maple Hurricane Sauce

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.

Apple Cheese

This sliceable sweet treat is actually dairy-free.

Certain ciders might be made from a single type of apple,
but most are made from several varieties.

Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe

FBI agents, Prohibition, and beer made American cider sweet and sober.

Siddhi Lama January 7, 2019

Ozark Pudding

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.