Taste the first fruits of Iowa State University’s new apple crop at an upcoming open house to be held from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Horticulture Research Station, 55519 170th St., Ames, Iowa.
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Suzanne Slack, assistant professor of horticulture, stands in the apple orchard at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station.
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