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With the arrival of new apple varieties to the market place, Northern New Mexico fruit growers turned to New Mexico State University to determine which cultivars will produce best fruit in their climate.

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When the state bought Los Luceros in 2008, the plan was for the historic 133-acre property in the Espanola Valley to become a retreat center as well as a site for crop testing, environmental studies and film-industry seminars -- and an attraction open to the public.