This is NY 1, the Honeycrisp-like grower-friendly apple. Commercial plantings began this spring. Photo courtesy of Cornell University Two new New York apples, still without real names and called NY 1 and NY 2, are quietly working their way toward entry into the commercial apple market. “We’re now in the quiet phase,” said Roger Lamont, the Albion, New York, grower who is chair of New York Apple Growers. “We’re not making much more noise until we have apples to sell.” This spring was the first year that nursery trees were available in quantity, and Lamont said 25 percent of the […]