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harvested early in the growing season, sweetango is a managed apple variety, which means only licensed growers can produce the fruit. next big thing director dennis courtier said that the trees are still young, but they have matured to a point where the company is able to expand distribution nationally. university of minnesota apple breeder and a key contributor in the development of sweetango, and other two varieties david bedford said that apples like sweetango, which is a cross between honeycrisp and zestar!, do not come along very often. "it can take 30 years and 10,000 attempts to find a great-tasting apple. consumers who have tried sweetango are telling us we've found something special with this new apple, specifically citing its complex flavor combination,” bedford said. sweetango is also available for purchase online at sweetango.com. next big thing is a 45-member cooperative of family growers, spread over five time zones from nova scotia to washington state, that will grow and market managed varieties of apples, beginning with sweetango.
Source :food-business-review.com
Date :
2
September
2010
Category :
Rest
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