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Back when I lived in Vancouver (BC), there was an annual apple festivatal every fall in the UBC Botanical Gardens. You get to see and taste (!) several dozen of
by eps 4y ago
Back when I lived in Vancouver (BC), there was an annual apple festivatal every fall in the UBC Botanical Gardens. You get to see and taste (!) several dozen of varieties and that was quite an experience. They also sold a dozen or so non-mainstream varieties at the exit, which too was an awesome thing to have. Highly recommended if you are in the area... though I must admit that apples are my all time favourite fruit, so there is a bit of bias.
Edit - found a link: https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/apple-festival/ https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/apple-festival/
- krunchasaurus 4y agoI've been to that same festival, and agree, it was a great event. The tasting tent with over a hundred different varieties was an amazing experience.
- ggcdn 4y agoA bit of UBC apple trivia which I thought was neat is that the trees in front of UBC Triumf facility are descendants of perhaps the most famous apple tree of all, the one Sir Isaac Newton sat under while composing his theory of gravity. https://news.ubc.ca/2007/06/07/archive-ubcreports-2007-07jun07-trees/ https://news.ubc.ca/2007/06/07/archive-ubcreports-2007-07jun...