How Sweet it is

摘要

TOO many times, when you hear something dubbed "the next big thing/' the thing in question fails to meet expectations. However, if the developers of the new SweeTango apple variety have their way, they will hopefully be able to buck that trend. ScottSwindeman and the folks at Applewood Orchards Inc. in Deerfield, MI, certainly believe this will be the case. Applewood Orchards is part of a select group of growers who are producing SweeTango, the Honeycrisp/ Zestar! cross that was developed by breeders at the University of Minnesota. Originally known as MN 1914, SweeTango is a managed variety that will be commercialized by (appropriately) the Next Big Thing, a cooperative made up of 45 partners in seven different states and Canadian provinces. For more information on how this marketing plan is being carried out, check out our Q&A with Next Big Thing president Tim Byrne on page 9.