March 15th 2011 Issue

Where to find unusual apples

The New York State Experiment Station in Geneva includes a USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, with a germ plasm repository containing one of the world’s largest collections of apple (more than 3,000 accessions of Malus including more than 40 species collected from around the world) and cool-climate grape varieties on 50 acres. So Dr. Ian Merwin had a great source of bud wood from which to select and propagate their varieties. He had to do much of his own grafting for the European cider varieties, which were not available from commercial nurseries. But his farm is a neighbor to Cummins […]

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March 15, 2011

Apples, Varieties, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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