Released December 2, 2011
Braeburns... Granny Smiths.... Fujis... That’s just the beginning when it comes to all the varieties of apples that are out there. In fact, entire societies are dedicated to the identification and classification of the many different strands of apples that exist.
Susan Christopherson runs the Old World Apple Farm in Ridgefield, Washington. Among the trees in Christopherson's orchard is one that produces D'Arcy Spice, an apple that comes from genetic material that originated in the 13th century.
--continued on Oregon Public Radio, http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/outdoors/article/heritage-apples-grown-wa...
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