New York 1 is a Honeycrisp offspring without many of its flaws, and New York growers indicate they want to plant it. In announcing its formation last August, NYAG LLC, also known as New York Apple Growers, set out a game plan for a managed variety “club” made up of New York growers and has followed it closely so far. It took longer than expected to work out the contractual agreement with the Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise and Commercialization, but by May, the organization was on target. Last winter, board chair Roger Lamont, a western New York grower from […]