[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Honeycrisp would have been the perfect apple to manage under a club system, but when the University of Minnesota released the variety in 1991, no apple marketer was interested in licensing it in the United States. “At that time, they had no proprietary varieties,” recalled University of Minnesota apple breeder Dr. David Bedford. “It amazed me, because in every other industry, that’s the Golden Fleece—if you have something no one else has. They weren’t thinking that […]
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