Daryl Somers A new apple breeding program was born this year, on the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. While operation of the infant program is just beginning, it has nurturing ­parents. The Ontario Apple Growers are backing the program; they want new varieties that potentially could be produced for export in Ontario, which now is a net importer of apples. The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is a partner. This aggressive, new nonprofit organization, created in 2006, has the mission of fostering horticultural technology and assuring new products come to market. Its research director for applied genomics is Dr. Daryl […]