Q: I should have listened to your advice about thinning apple trees. The main horizontal limb on our Haralson apple tree broke halfway through under the heavy load of apples. I mowed around that ...

By observing apple trees over quite a number of years, ... one of the University of Minnesota researchers who conducted the survey was Charles Haralson, whose Haralson apple is now 101 years old, ...

Welsh Heritage Farms has about 3,000 apple trees, 350 designated for customers who pick their own. Those trees grow 18 different apple varieties, from Beacon and Paula Red to Minnesota classics ...

If it weren’t for Peter Gideon, we might still be munching on crabapples, rather than the Haralson, Honeycrisp or SweeTango that Minnesota is known for. In 1853, Gideon, a horticulturist, built ...

When raising own apples, two different variety of trees are needed for cross pollination. 3 months/99¢ a month SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

The South Lake celebration of Apple Day began in 1935. According to the “Images of America” book the festival celebrated the harvest of apples from the many orchards in the Excelsior area.