Minnesota's new state fruit

by Nicole Weston, Posted Jul 31st 2006 @ 11:03AM

Along with some legislation about exotic pets and street racing that takes effect tomorrow, the state of Minnesota has just announced that their official state fruit will be the Honeycrisp apple. The apples are a hybrid of Honeygold and Macoun apples, and they were first developed at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s. Today, the apples are grown in several surrounding states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, as well, but it can only be grown by licensed producers with the permission of the University. The apples are exceptionally crisp, juicy and aromatic, making them popular eating apples.

Other edible icons for the state are milk (the state drink), walleye (the state fish), blueberry muffins (the state muffin) and morel mushrooms (the state mushroom), most of which were selected during the 1980s.

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7-31-2006 @12:03PM MJ said... Great fruit! makes me want to go get some sweet crisp apples right now. Never had that type of apple sounds good will keep my eye out for those!
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8-01-2006 @7:34AM Colin said... Honeycrisp really are the best tasting apple. They only show up here in Pennsylvania for a week or two each year and are usually very expensive but always worth it.
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9-17-2006 @9:57AM Paul Woolley said... Honeycrisp. Honeycrisp apples by far are our most popular apple. We get emails and phone calls from people all over the country telling us their Honeycrisp apple stories. If you have a great Honeycrisp story go to our questbook http://www.honeycrispapples.org/advancedguestbook/
and share it. Have a crunch of a day.
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