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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dee-Ann Durbin

A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests

Apples-Fighting Frost - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer.

A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious.

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