We have Brogdale in England.
"The National Fruit Collection includes over 3,500 named Apple, Pear, Plum,
Cherry, Bush fruit, Vine and Cob Nut cultivars"
http://www.brogdale.org/
At least some thing is being done for Biodiversity.
Was Diston just using apple as it was being removed and there for inexpensive?
Pete
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From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto
:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of JAMES THOMPSON
Sent: 30 September 2014 07:04
To: Michele Minch
Cc: oldtools List
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Apple Wood
When I was a kid, my dad ordered a case of Washington Delicious apples every
year, and we loved both the yellow and red varieties. Then some years ago it was
decided that Washington Delicious apples bruised too easily, so they started
grafting new stock to produce apples that don't bruise so easily, but look the
same. They succeeded, but the result tastes like crap. Now there are no decent
Washington Delicious apples, but it's too late for them to go back. Sometimes
you just need to leave well enough alone.
Few people today have ever tasted a real Washington Delicious apple.
I just returned from a trip to Watsonville California where they grow apples on
small farms. They have many different wonderful apples. The farm I go to is
Prevedelli, http://www.prevedelli.com/
They grow 40 different varieties on 400 acres. I have bought about a dozen
different varieties, and all are just wonderful. We brought back 40 pounds, and
now we have to dehydrate them.
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