CRISP & COLD The February 1, 2006, Good Fruit Grower made history. The revolutionary trends in niche variety, and other apple growing are challenging and sudden. At the age of 96, after 34 years of semi-hobby apple growing, I offer a few thoughts for consideration. I have gone through 302 kinds of cultivars, and I currently try to maintain 102 of them. At the age of 14 in Minnesota, on cold September mornings, I ate great-tasting, cold, Wealthy and Duchess apples directly from our backyard trees. People who go into club varieties are going into one of the greatest gambles […]