Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), September 20th, 2006
Byline: Matt McKinney; Staff Writer
It started as a blind date. The mother had the remarkable name: State Fair. The father, less showy, was known simply as Minnesota 1691.
The birth of Zestar, an apple flowering in Minnesota orchards this year for the first time in large numbers, is a 34-year tale of pollination, tree production and, finally, fruit.
"This is their one child prodigy," said James Luby, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Department of Horticultural Science and a part of the team behind the Zestar's development.
The Zestar - a contraction of zesty and star - is the...
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