[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Artemis Webb, great to read about this. The old varieties were pretty specialized, and pretty special, but they tended to have some problem (like, difficult to ship, or alternatiing on-off years). There are hobbyist growers who maintain small orchards with, say, 111 trees comprised of 111 varieties. The estimate of different varieties of old was perhaps 3000, kind of a lot, really.

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[Bob Ireland]

***10 pioneer-era apple varieties, thought extinct, found in Pacific Northwest***

Don't tell Eve. 😇