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WSU apple breeding program selects for increased fruit firmness and retention. Cultivars like Cripps Pink and Honeycrisp contribute to these traits. 🍎
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/frures-0024-0020
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February 1, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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Triploid apples have higher phenolic content but few other differences from diploids. Study highlights subtle ploidy impacts on apple traits. 🍎

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May 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The baby orchard is waking up. Inside the tubes it's a bit warmer so the buds open there first. A couple of my Edholm Wickson OP seedling apples are showing nice dark red on them, and they've survived two winters so far... 🌱

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May 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Genetic and pomological diversity of Croatian apples 🍎: 45 unique accessions with traits that could shape future breeding programs. 🌱
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Genetic Uniqueness and Pomological Diversity Among the Apple Accessions Maintained Within the Croatian National Clonal Germplasm Repository
In the Croatian apple germplasm, there are, presumably, unique genotypes that have not yet been documented in reference molecular databases. Due to similarities between accessions, incorrect names are...
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January 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM