In 2012, Dave Benscoter was trimming trees in a friend’s backyard when he came across an apple he had never encountered before.

It was a routine day in the laboratory belonging to Cameron Peace on the campus of Washington State University, Pullman, in the high, dry hills close to the Idaho border. Peace is a tree-fruit ...

A century-old, endangered Walbridge apple tree dwarfs Allison Robenstein, left, volunteer coordinator, and Hunter Hall, the marketing and events coordinator, as they walk through the apple orchard at ...

Every fall, lots of people bite into an apple and fall in love. The flavors, juices and crunch of the fruit are all amazing. It is a classic case of love at first bite.