Twenty-five years after starting an innocent project planting apple seeds from pomace left after cider making, Doug ­Shefelbine is finally being rewarded. Four new apple varieties he developed are in the process of being patented and brought into ­commercial production. Exclusive rights to one of them, DS 22, has been sold to Wescott Orchards in Elgin, Minnesota. “When I started this, people said there was one in a million chance I would find a good variety,” the Holmen, Wisconsin, apple grower said. “Actually, it’s better than that.” Over the years, he says, he’s planted about 50,000 seeds, and most of […]