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Cornell University recently announced the release of three new apple varieties: Pink Luster, Firecracker and Cordera. Cornell has been breeding apples since the 1880s, but “there’s a strong need to have varieties that are new,” said Susan K. Brown, with Cornell AgriTech in Geneva. “We felt these three had the potential for a lot of different markets.” Brown is a Herman M. Cohn Professor of Agriculture and Life Science at the School of Integrative Plant Science. Cornell ...