Minnesota may get a state fruit

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted May 11th 2006 @ 5:08PM

Following in the recent footsteps of Alabama making the peach their state fruit, the Minnesota Senate recently voted to make the Honeycrisp apple the state's official fruit. The Honeycrisp was developed at the University of Minnesota in the sixties in hopes of creating a durable fruit for the state's harsh cold, according to the Duluth News Tribune. Like the Walla Walla onion in Washington, the Honeycrisp's path to being the official-state-fruit-dom was forged by a school project, in this case by a class of fourth-graders. Like Florida, with it's official pie, Minnesota has an official state baked good in the blueberry muffin, according to the Pioneer Press. More info on Honeycrisp apples is available at Honeycrisp.org.

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9-17-2006 @10:08AM Paul Woolley said... Considering Honeycrisp will be the most popular apple in the next ten years it is great that Minnesota is making it their official apple. If you have Honeycrisp apple stories to share go to our questbook http://www.honeycrispapples.org/advancedguestbook/ and leave a comment.
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9-17-2006 @10:07AM Paul Woolley said... Just a Honeycrisp apple note. We have people that store Honeycrisp apples up to 4 months in their refridgerator.
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