Search Results for 'Apple'

US (WA): Short crop, high demand for Washington apples

Coming off a year in which Washington apple producers grew a particularly large crop, this season has seen lower volumes. Coupled with increased demand, market prices for apples have been strong. “Last year, crop volume was high,&rd [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Fruit fight: Kiwi tops apple in blood pressure study

ORLANDO, Fla.- An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but three kiwis could lower your blood pressure. A study at the American Heart Association scientific meeting in Orlando on Tuesday found that eating the fuzzy-skinned fruit with the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Indian guavas pip apples to become ‘ultimate superfood’!

A new study led by an Indian origin researcher has found that guavas are the “ultimate superfood” with the highest concentration of antioxidants that protect against cell damage which ages skin and can cause cancer. A serie [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Apples are tempting, and not just to us

With more forethought, Adam might not have bitten the apple and I might not have planted apple trees. But he did, and I did, and we each must deal with the consequences. For my part, I hadn't realized that apple trees had so many pest [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Apples, pears reduce risk of stroke

Dutch researchers set out to discover a possible link between various colored fruits and vegetables -- the color reflects the presence of beneficial phytochemicals -- and stroke risks. In a study of more than 20,000 adults over a period o [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Efficacy of Pineapple Fruit

Pineapple is the fruit of the many health benefits. At least there are 9 efficacy of pineapple fruit. Fruit consumed by the public as pineapple juice, real fruit or can be mixed into fruit salads, pickles and salad. Pineapple is one tropi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Apples top most pesticide-contaminated list

Apples are at the top of the list of produce most contaminated with pesticides in a report published today by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a public health advocacy group.Its seventh annual report analyzed government data on 53 f [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Apple growers accuse Biosecurity Australia of 'surrendering'...

Australia will allow New Zealand apples into the country under minimal restrictions. Biosecurity Australia has released revised protocols to allow the apple imports after losing a World Trade Organisation case last year. Chairman of Ap [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Greener Auto Plastics are Possible With Bananas, Pineapples

First, researchers from the University of Warwick developed a race car made from potatoes, carrots and chocolate. Now Brazilian scientists have found a way to turn fibers from pineapples, bananas, coconut shells and other plants into pla [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Save England's real apples

When Keats described the glorious abundance of our native land in his ode To Autumn I suspect the apples that weighed heavy on the boughs of the "moss'd cottage trees" were a trusty old English variety – if not the ly [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Could apples hold the secret of longer life? Fruit found to ...

An apple a day could keep the undertaker away. Scientists have linked the fruit with a longer life at least in flies. Fruit flies, which share many genes with humans despite their tiny size, were either fed normally or had an apple extra [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Nigel Slater's medlar jelly, and roast pheasant with apples ...

I am always looking for something to add interest to the pan juices from the Sunday roast. Something to introduce richness to a simple gravy or a knife-edge to juices that are too fatty or cloying. Other times I want to tease out the swe [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Could an anti-browning technique boost the apple’s snack pot...

Could a genetically modified apple designed not to go brown after slicing be the apple industry’s panacea? Neil Carter, an Okanagan apple grower who runs a small biotechnology company seeking U.S. approval of the specialty apple, s [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Hail the versatile fruit! Your best apple recipes

This week, we asked for your best apple recipes. THIS WEEK'S WINNER: Bacon-apple-onion tart by Felicia Lee: As a child, Felicia had very distinct ideas about apples (that is: Get them away from my dinner), but as she grew u [...]