What’s your apple IQ?

World file photo/Don Seabrook Danny Cortez, San Antonio, picks gala apples in a Monitor orchard on Sept. 2, 2021. “I love picking,” he said. “It’s a good, healthy thing to do.” He’s picked fruit, traveling from state to state for 10 years.

Red Delicious Crunchy and mildly sweet Introduction to market: 1874 Place of Origin: Peru, Iowa Parentage: Unknown, discovered as a chance seedling on the farm of Jesse Hiatt, originally known as Hawkeye.

Gala Crisp and very sweet Introduction to market: 1965 Place of Origin: New Zealand Parentage: Cross of Kidd’s Orange and Golden Delicious apples

Fuji Crunchy and super sweet Introduction to market: 1962 Place of Origin: Japan Parentage: Cross of Red Delicious and Ralls Janet apples Granny Smith Crunchy and tart Introduction to market: 1868 Place of Origin: Australia Parentage: Believed to be descended from French Crabapples cultivated by Australian grandmother Maria Ann Smith

Honeycrisp Crisp and distinctly sweet Introduction to market: 1991 Place of Origin: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Parentage: Cross between a Keepsake apple and an unknown variety Place of Origin: Australia Parentage: Cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams

Golden Delicious

Crisp and Sweet Introduction to market: 1914 Place of Origin: Clay County, West Virginia Parentage: Unknown, perhaps the chance seedling can be traced to Golden Reinette and Grimes Golden

And more apples Ambrosia Autumn Glory Braeburn Cameo Cosmic Crisp Crimson Delight Envy Evercrisp Hunnyz Jazz Jonagold JUICI Kanzi Kiku KORU Lady Alice Opal Pacific Rose Piñata Rave Rockit Rome Rosalynn Smitten SugarBee SweeTango Sweetie Find out more at

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World file photo/Don Seabrook Eastmont High School player Quinton Ward tees off the second hole at Gamble Sands Invitational golf tournament near Brewster.

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