The University of Minnesota apple breeding program has developed what it believes is the next great apple. The SweeTango apple made its commercial debut on Monday and should cause quite a stir within ...

LAKE CITY — "The best apple I’ve ever eaten in my life." That’s a strong statement from Dennis Courtier, a self-described "apple geek" and the president of Pepin Heights Orchards in Lake City. Is he ...

You’ve probably heard of Honeycrisp apples. And maybe you’ve heard of the new apple variety the First Kiss or Rave. But how much do you know about how those apples were developed? The fruit breeding ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Dennis Courtier, owner of Pepin Heights Orchard in Lake City, is always looking for the next "dynamite" apple. He thinks he's found it in SweeTango. Like Honeycrisp, it's popular ...

Agricultural researchers at the University of Minnesota brought us the Honeycrisp, and that variety of apple was a hit, to be sure. Their latest creation, SweeTango, is a one-of-a-kind hybrid that ...

More SweeTango apples will be sold this fall, according to the cooperative that manages production and sales of the apple. Next Big Thing Growers’ Cooperative in Lake City, Minn., says its SweeTango ...

Here in D.C., it is starting to feel like fall outside, which means if it's fall, it's apple season. But which apple? - Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Red Delicious - you know, the classic. Well, if you ...