(Minneapolis, MN) — If you enjoy a Honeycrisp, Haralson, SweeTango, or First Kiss apple at your local orchard or farm stand this fall, you can thank the University of Minnesota apple breeding program for putting it there.
Jim Luby is a professor in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the U of M. He says this year marks the 100th birthday of the Haralson, which was the most important apple variety grown in Minnesota until the Honeycrisp came along in the 1990’s.
A full list of Minnesota Apple Orchards can be found at MinnesotaGrown.com.