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  • January 1st 2013 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert
  • Hello EverCrisp, goodbye Fuji?

    Mitch Lynd thinks EverCrisp will fill the niche better than Fuji ever did.

    [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”] For Mitch Lynd, the introduction of EverCrisp apples into Midwestern growers’ orchards will probably mean they won’t plant Fuji in the future. The new apple looks a lot like a Fuji, is sweet like a Fuji, matures late like a Fuji, and keeps like a Fuji. But it does not crop like a Fuji, and that’s good news. “In our region, Fuji is all tree and no apples,” Lynd said in a conversation with Good Fruit […]

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