There are more than 7,500 kinds of apples. The University of Maryland just invented two new ones for a warming world.
Updated: 32 minutes agoChris Walsh started the Tree Architecture Program at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research and Education Center to create varieties of apples that could thrive in the changing climate.
For now, they are called MD-TAP1 and MD-TAP2 , a far cry from the mellifluous Cosmic Crisp or Pink Lady. “We were looking for a variety that ripened in hot weather and didn’t turn into mush. A lot of varieties are green one day and fall on the ground the next day. Jonagold, a wonderful northern variety, when you grow it down here - boom - it’s on the ground,” Walsh explained. He said the seed parent of the yellow apple is GoldRush, and Fuji for the parent of the red apple. His first cross was a Dwarf McIntosh with a Gala.
He’s hopeful these two new patented apples will thrive in a hotter, drier world, encroaching on the dominance of Galas , Red Delicious and Fuji . According to Walsh, these two new species grow into much shorter trees, which makes them easier to harvest, and they require a lot less pruning and other hand labor than other apples.
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