Marquette, which can survive to -30°F, has potential for Washington State. Sara Granstrom The University of Minnesota’s grape and fruit breeding efforts date back more than a hundred years, but it’s only been in the last 25 that the university’s grape breeding program moved ­from a small-scale project into national ­prominence. Fruit breeding began at the University of Minnesota in 1908, though grapes were only a small part of the program, said Peter Hemstad, UM grape breeder since 1985. Through the years, UM fruit breeders have worked on “every type of fruit that can grow here,” he said, including apricots, […]