This article explores the origin of modern apples, info on why preserving the original wild apple genetics is important and some updates on our efforts to do so in our forest garden.
Wow, how fantastic! My great grandfather was a master beekeeper with 750 bee hives. We still enjoy his old apple orchard with very old trees still gifting us with delicious apples without ever using any chemicals. As they are pretty old and will eventually perish, this made me think I should definitely learn how to preserve and propagate these fantastic old apple varieties. Maybe adding some Malus Sieversii in between too. I hope the world will gradually start appreciating the heirloom varieties for all their splendor!
Hi! Loved reading this article as I have been living in Kazakhstan for almost ten years now and am familiar with some
of these apples, and have eaten quite a few. Every spring one of my favourite things is to walk into the apple groves when the trees are in blossom. As we have a property in Naramata, BC and would like to plant some Alma-Ata apples, this was an excellent connection for us. If you want to contact me, send an email to: DMMaisonneuve@gmail.com
I can tell you how much I love this. We have started growing apples too on my local community farm where I volunteer and get my veg! http://suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk
Beautiful and informative! I found you through Caitlin's Substack. I harvested six bags and two bins of my Mutsu yesterday, feeling like a squirrel hiding nuts as I put most into deep storage in my fridge for the winter. As my friend said, some were as big as a newborn's head! This year my daughter's fiance got the coddling moth trap up in time and I've lost almost none, but I gave him two bags with slight blemishes for his passion, which is cider. Thanks for giving me so much background!
Wow, how fantastic! My great grandfather was a master beekeeper with 750 bee hives. We still enjoy his old apple orchard with very old trees still gifting us with delicious apples without ever using any chemicals. As they are pretty old and will eventually perish, this made me think I should definitely learn how to preserve and propagate these fantastic old apple varieties. Maybe adding some Malus Sieversii in between too. I hope the world will gradually start appreciating the heirloom varieties for all their splendor!
Wonderful , thank you so much for this inspirational and informative post. How would I obtain seeds here in the UK?
Gavin
I cannot convey how much this article means to me.
I am a brewer here in Portland OR and it is the apples
which called me back, called me into a world I understood,
only accessible under a tree collecting fruit.
Bless you. Today, it was a plum harvest that will go into
my wine, both the apples and plums have had a decent year here.
Dogwood fruits also a good year, both the sour kind and
the more custard like variety.
Hi! Loved reading this article as I have been living in Kazakhstan for almost ten years now and am familiar with some
of these apples, and have eaten quite a few. Every spring one of my favourite things is to walk into the apple groves when the trees are in blossom. As we have a property in Naramata, BC and would like to plant some Alma-Ata apples, this was an excellent connection for us. If you want to contact me, send an email to: DMMaisonneuve@gmail.com
I can tell you how much I love this. We have started growing apples too on my local community farm where I volunteer and get my veg! http://suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk
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Beautiful and informative! I found you through Caitlin's Substack. I harvested six bags and two bins of my Mutsu yesterday, feeling like a squirrel hiding nuts as I put most into deep storage in my fridge for the winter. As my friend said, some were as big as a newborn's head! This year my daughter's fiance got the coddling moth trap up in time and I've lost almost none, but I gave him two bags with slight blemishes for his passion, which is cider. Thanks for giving me so much background!