Honeycrisp™ (Malus domestica 'Honeycrisp') is a modern cultivar of apple developed in Minnesota by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities at its Horticultural Research Center. In recent years it has become a particularly prized commercial commodity, as its sweetness, firmness and tartness make it an ideal apple for eating raw. The Honeycrisp also keeps for a long time in cool, dry conditions and retains its pigment well. This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... Jump to: navigation, search University of Minnesota, Twin Cities This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ... Twin cities are two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other and may seem to form a single unit, often referred to collectively. ... Jump to: navigation, search The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxian political economy. ... In biology, pigment is any material resulting in color in plant or animal cells which is the result of selective absorption. ...

Many anecdotal sources (including records at the Horticultural Research Center, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Report 225-1992(AD-MR-5877-B), and US Plant Patent 7197) indicated that the Honeycrisp was a hybrid of the apple cultivars Macoun and Honeygold. However, genetic fingerprinting by a group of researchers including the inventors listed on the patent has determined that neither of these cultivars is a parent of the Honeycrisp, but that the Keepsake (another apple developed by the same UMN crossbreeding program) is one of the parents. The other parent has not been identified. Jump to: navigation, search In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... Genetic fingerprinting, DNA testing and DNA profiling are techniques used to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester was announced in 1985. ... Jump to: navigation, search University of Minnesota, Twin Cities This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ... Crossbreeding is the process of creating hybrids, or a description of the lineage of that which has undergone hybridization. ...

See also

• Horticulture