A key question for Minnesota growers is whether SweeTango is a club, niche apple of minor consequence or a “Honeycrisp killer” destined for the mainstream. Fred Wescott, who grows apples and operates Wescott Orchards and Agri Products, a packing facility in Elgin, Minnesota, told Good Fruit Grower that the exclusive license for SweeTango granted to Pepin Heights by the University of Minnesota has the potential to damage the local industry. Wescott, a major fruit wholesaler who specializes in selling locally grown apples under the Upper Mississippi Valley Fruit brand, is one of the 14 plaintiffs in a suit filed to […]