The orchards of Port Oneida Historic District in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have been mapping and identifying heirloom apple varieties in the park.

However, for people like Dave Benscoter and the folks involved in the Lost Apple Project, this is grafting season and the time to create new fruit trees with apple varieties once thought lost to ...

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen ...

The nonprofit Lost Apple Project, log countless hours and hundreds of miles in trucks and on foot to find orchards planted by settlers.

Exploring the genomes of half-forgotten and heirloom apple varieties could help to ensure the future of the incomparable fruits.

LEWISTON, Idaho -- Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. The Lewiston Tribune newspaper reported Monday that "apple ...

The phrase “lost and found” is being imbued with fresh meaning thanks to the Lost Apple Project. Since 2014, the nonprofit organization has found 23 lost or nearly extinct apple varieties. At least 17 ...

This week, Lost Apple Project and Oregon-based Temperate Orchard Conservancy announced they had found seven more types of apples though lost to time. Two of those apples were found in Oregon.