Minnesota Fruit Research

The 19th century was an era of horticultural discovery and experimentation in Minnesota, and it still guides apple breeders today.

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.

Planting borage next to a strawberry crop attracts bees and other pollinators, and may even boost strawberry yield.

U of M researchers are working out the details so regional growers will have success in bringing a taste of the tropics to Minnesota.

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.

A new invasive fruit fly, spotted-wing drosophila, is changing the way Minnesota berries are grown.

Ever grown a ‘Latham’ raspberry? Or wondered where our cold hardy apples came from? W.G. Brierley is your guy!

A life without flowers would be a fruitless one; literally! But how exactly do blossoms become bounty?