![image of researchers working on low tunnel strawberries](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/files/maes_20140710_62767_strawb_low_tunnel.jpg?h=c1e81dc1&itok=QGbO2tp3)
Historic apples of Minnesota: Looking back to move forward
October 21, 2019
![Row of apple trees with fruit](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/hrc_orchard_row_cropped.jpeg?itok=U9G_S6EB)
The 19th century was an era of horticultural discovery and experimentation in Minnesota, and it still guides apple breeders today.
by Emily Tepe
A spy, a botanist, and a strawberry
June 11, 2019
![strawberry illustration from 1848](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/strawberry_illustration_internet_archive.jpg?itok=O11htmfM)
A Frenchman on a covert mission in Chile encounters a strawberry and takes it back to Europe. Botanists get involved and eventually develop the strawberry we know today.
by Emily Tepe
Berries, bees, and borage
December 3, 2018
![Green sweat bee on strawberry flower](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/img_2595_1.jpg?itok=odSN8FQi)
Planting borage next to a strawberry crop attracts bees and other pollinators, and may even boost strawberry yield.
by Nathan Hecht
Kiwiberries: Minnesota's next fruit crop?
October 29, 2018
![Harvested kiwiberries in plastic containers.](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/kiwiberries_in_containers_wannamuehler.jpg?itok=2xs2I3-7)
U of M researchers are working out the details so regional growers will have success in bringing a taste of the tropics to Minnesota.
by Seth Wannemuehler
Getting to the root of it: How rootstocks influence apple trees
October 22, 2018
![Image of a row of apple trees in a U of M rootstock research planting.](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/rootstockplanting_tepe.jpg?itok=hE6237Kp)
Depending on the rootstock, an apple tree can grow to be 5 feet tall or up to 40 feet tall. But the effect of rootstock doesn't stop there.
by Dr. Emily E. Hoover and Emily Tepe
What's in a kiwiberry?
October 11, 2018
![kiwiberries growing on vine](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/abbydiering_kiwiberries.jpg?itok=tmlHaWFJ)
by Abigail Diering
Defending berries against spotted-wing drosophila
September 11, 2018
![SWD larvae inside blueberry fruit](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/swd_larvae_blueberry.jpg?itok=iGlwxaY4)
A new invasive fruit fly, spotted-wing drosophila, is changing the way Minnesota berries are grown.
by Matthew Gullickson
Weeds are a gritty business
September 4, 2018
![closeup of grit weeded plot](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/grit_and_weeds_closeup.jpg?itok=efuiPsDq)
by Emily Tepe
Pioneering pomologist of the prairie
June 6, 2018
![image of cover of strawberry report by w.g. brierley](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/brierley_strawb_rept_cover_cropped.png?itok=9n5XScO8)
Ever grown a ‘Latham’ raspberry? Or wondered where our cold hardy apples came from? W.G. Brierley is your guy!
by Jared Rubinstein
From flowers to fruit
May 21, 2018
![Apple tree blooming with pink-white flowers](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/applebloom_hoover_0.jpg?itok=g5fj9M6-)
A life without flowers would be a fruitless one; literally! But how exactly do blossoms become bounty?
by Nathan Hecht