As I lament once more that 'Granny Smith' pushed 'Newtown Pippin' out of markets, I wondered what the reason for that was (because it certainly could not be taste & texture quality). I took a mini-break from world events stress to search for any analysis of this from the decades I saw it happening. No help.
While I could find a few papers documenting that there was lower production of 'Newtown Pippin', nothing mentioned *why* there was lower production. #Agriculture #Horticulture
Megan Lynch (she/her)
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