About two-thirds of apples produced are sold as fresh fruit, and most of the other third are processed. About 3% go unsold, according to the U.S. Apple Association.

These are the most widely available apple varieties. Emily Wiggins / GETTY IMAGES Walk into your local grocery store, and you'll find stacks and stacks of apples with colors ranging from speckled ...

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These types of apples have a yellowish-green coloring, and they have a very smooth feel. Originating in the 1960s in Virginia ...

Gala, Red Delicious, Granny Smith – there are so many types of apples to choose from. Beyond sweet and tart, these ones have the most health benefits.

Of the 125 apple, pear, cherry, peach and plum varieties he describes, only a handful—the Winesap and Rome Beauty apples, and the Bartlett and Kieffer pears—are still grown widely today.

Moderately sized, regional grocery chains have the dexterity to market small volumes of new fruit. Yoke’s Fresh Market can ...

But now, grocery stores carry more than 20 apple varieties throughout the year — twice as many than a decade ago. There are so many delicious apples now that some call this the golden age of apples.