Bob Andersen (left) is evaluating some 60,000 seedlings created from the breeding work of David Cain (right). The cherry breeding program at Cornell University in New York was the largest public program in the nation when Dr. Bob Andersen retired in 2004. He left behind about 3,000 elite seedling sweet cherries and 1,000 or so elite plums and apricots he was evaluating for possible release as new varieties. Dr. Susan Brown, who has roots as a stone fruit breeder but is now devoting her talents to apples, took on the task of finishing Andersen’s work—but there is no new stone […]