The explosion of crisp, commercial apple varieties in the last century doomed many other breeds into obscurity. But there are ...

"I'm a bit of an apple detective. I've been interested in old varieties all my life. "I showed some fruit to a botanist, who was very curious about a single tree bearing bright yellow apples.

Myers took it as a labor of love to nurse the old and neglected trees to health — and they now repay the family with a couple ...