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Quest to save Appalachia’s lost heirloom apples (2019)
- torstenvl 5y agoHugged to death. Archive version here: http://web.archive.org/web/20201112021733/https://appvoices.org/2019/08/07/a-tale-of-orchards-past/ http://web.archive.org/web/20201112021733/https://appvoices....
- mdturnerphys 5y agoThere's an nice episode of a Wyoming PBS series that covers similar work in Wyoming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyD74vNdcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyD74vNdcc.
- adjagu 5y agoRelated story from AtlasObscura "Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' Varieties": https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/heritage-appalachian-apples https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/heritage-appalachian-a...
- teleforce 5y agoFun facts, apple fruits were originated in Kazakhstan. The progenitor of the domestic apple namely Malus sieversii species is now also threatened with extinction in Kazakhstan's forests [1][2]. [1]http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181120-the-birthplace-of-the-modern-apple http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181120-the-birthplace-of-t... [2]https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/apples-of-eden-saving-the-wild-ancestor-of-modern-apples https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/apples-of...