The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious. Michigan State University ...

Six orchard floor management systems (OMSs) were installed in 2010 in a young ‘Honeycrisp’ apple (Malus x domestica) orchard (planted 2008) aiming to suppress weed growth. Treatments were: bare ground ...

The basis of apple production is all about spurs producing apple ... and higher fruit value. Our work on Honeycrisp has shown that overall tree crop load is important in regulating flowering only when ...

Many apple varieties require over a thousand chilling hours in winter to ensure dormancy and fruiting cycles are ... Haralson, or Honeycrisp are the best heirloom apple trees to grow because ...