David Benscoter

The Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center at the University of Idaho will expand its mission to provide public education Friday, May 31, when it hosts the Heritage Orchard Conference for researchers, heritage apple explorers, fruit growers and others.  U ...

Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered on the Palouse.  The Lewiston Tribune newspaper says "apple detective" David Benscoter located the trees growing near Steptoe Butte.  Benscoter worked with apple experts at the Temperate Orchard Conservancy in Oregon, and Fedco Seeds in Maine to get positive identifications on the fruit.  The app...