Pacific Northwest apple 'detectives' are hunting for varieties of domesticated apples thought to be extinct in century-old pioneer homestead orchards. There were once 17,000 varieties of domesticated apples in North America. A fraction remain.
Salem Statesman Journal, Statesman Journal
Fri, 11/22/2019 - 7:00am
Pacific Northwest apple 'detectives' are hunting for varieties of domesticated apples thought to be extinct in century-old pioneer homestead orchards. There were once 17,000 varieties of domesticated apples in North America. A fraction remain.