The Guardian, in a story published on Apple Day (today), describes
a burgeoning movement of growers and enthusiasts using old books and modern DNA testing to identify, propagate, and popularise Britain’s wealth of rare apples.
According to the story,
Britain is enjoying a remarkable apple boom, as hundreds of new community orchards revive lost varieties and contribute to a thriving heritage market.
These include many varieties not catalogued by the National Fruit Collection.
One organization even employs an Apple Diversity Officer. Now, there's a job to dream on!
Excellent. I met my local (eastern Washington) apple detective at last year’s Farm and Food expo. Nice guy and we had a good after class discussion.
ReplyDeleteA few months later he made the newspaper with a story just like that one by finding a lost variety- an overgrown, forgotten tree in the corner of an old farm property.
Thanks for the link.
@copper, would that be David Benscoter? I think I saw that newspaper.
DeleteYou are correct, that's the guy.
ReplyDeleteI found the article:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/mar/02/two-more-lost-apples-found-at-steptoe-butte/#/0