FDA Approved Arctic apple for commercialization
On Oct. 8, 2024, Okanagan Specialty Fruits® (OSF), the developer and grower behind the innovative Arctic® apple varieties, announced that its…
Honeycrisp apple genome was completed
On Oct. 13, 2022, a team of researchers led by Cornell University announced they had sequenced the Honeycrisp…
U.S. FDA Approved Arctic® Fuji Apple
On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Authority (FDA) announced it had completed its voluntary review…
First commercial harvest of Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ Arctic Golden Apples was completed
On Oct. 3, 2016, Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) announced that it had successfully completed the first commercial harvest…
The first apple genome was sequenced
On Aug. 30, 2010, the genome sequence of the apple is published in Nature Genetics. Riccardo Velasco and…
Honeycrisp apple cultivar developed at the Minnesota Ag Experiment Station
In 1991, Honeycrisp (Malus pumila), an apple cultivar (cultivated variety) developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station’s Horticultural…