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Apples

Certain ciders might be made from a single type of apple,
but most are made from several varieties.

Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe

FBI agents, Prohibition, and beer made American cider sweet and sober.

Siddhi Lama January 7, 2019

Ozark Pudding

Bess Truman made this dessert for Winston Churchill after his “Iron Curtain” speech.

Apple Beer

Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.

Mojie Apples

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

Sticky stencils are applied to mojie apples in an orchard in Aomori prefecture.

Harnessing the Power of the Sun to Turn Apples Into Art

In Japan, the labor-intensive practice of apple stenciling is slowly fading.

Abbey Perreault November 8, 2018

Scrumpy

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

Api Etoile Apple

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

Cemetery Cider

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

Permanently Closed

Old Apple Tree Park.

Vancouver, Washington

The Old Apple Tree

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

Pink Pearl Apple

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.

Some revelers dress as the "Green Man," a folkloric figure.

Wassailing

This wintertime serenade for apple trees also involves firing rifles and drinking cider.

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland, their Newton tree has grown since 1966.

How Isaac Newton's Apple Tree Spread Across the World

Clones and descendants of the famed tree grow on 6 continents.

Anne Ewbank June 26, 2018

Newton's Apple Tree Around the World

A global map of science's most important tree.

Anne Ewbank June 26, 2018

Heaven and Earth

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

Bramley apples are usually used for cooking, rather than eating raw.

The Fight to Save the Original Bramley Apple Tree

An iconic fruit tree is suffering from an incurable fungal disease.

Natasha Frost May 8, 2018

Three of the rediscovered apple varieties, identified from old watercolors held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

The Rediscovery of 5 'Extinct' Types of Heritage Apple

A fruit sleuth digs deep.

Natasha Frost March 6, 2018

A Green Man enjoying some cider and a fire.

The Holiday That Celebrates Apples With Rifles and Cider

Hanging toast on trees feeds good spirits.

Anne Ewbank January 5, 2023

Two Braeburns, side by side.

The Story Behind Britain's Unexpected Mega-Apples

How one of the country's favorite apples went from pint-sized to pound-sized.

Anne Ewbank December 8, 2017