Never shared and reluctant to share but it’s true…some we have to keep in zoos to protect them from extinction from humans.
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We have 5 apple trees, all over 100 years old…some of the apples are ‘rare’ heirloom varieties… we had 6, and the one that was struck by lightning was a rare ‘Arkansas Black’…
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as a Mom…never came back without feeling like it was more work than it was worth!!
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Ah, I couldn’t remember… I guess I must have seen the Atlas Obscura post about Kazakh apple forests on FB or something.
I live near an heirloom apple orchard with a huge collection of weird apple varieties.
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When some friends and I bought a piece of property in SW WA in 1972, the property had 25 apple trees, all over 100 years old and all producing, some with amazing abundance. One of the trees had split, the trunk laying in opposite directions, but both sides still producing. It was called a pumpkin apple. 1 apple for an entire pie, and they made damn tasty pies!
Yeah, it’s an outhouse, but you can see the average size of the trees.
These were taken in the mid 1970s.
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I miss a lot of those old varieties!
Winter apple, sheep-nose ,strawberry, Winesap…
The new ones are all about being ‘pretty’ and sweet-- but no real ‘personality’, and most don’t keep for crap!
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Yeah, I remember we had two winesaps that were delicious, but my favorite was one particular wealthy. Looked like today’s Fuji but was a little more squat. I think the Fuji is an okay eating apple, but not close to the sweet crispness of that wealthy tree. It was a very tall tree and not as spreading as many of the others. There was also one lone pear, not as old but totally mature. The pears were only fair.
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I appreciate the shit out of you @EugeneDebs420 !
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