Apple tree thought extinct, rediscovered in Colorado Springs

A variety of apple tree once thought to be extinct was found in Colorado Springs. The two Walbridge trees, planted about 130 ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

On a Maine island, historians discover one of the oldest living apple trees in North America

On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple ...
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Why leaving a dead tree or shrub in your yard isn't a smart idea

A dead tree or shrub is more than just a disappointment, it can be dangerous. If you have any deceased flora in your yard, here's why you might want a removal.
Knoxville News Sentinel

History grows on apple trees in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...
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Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees

As you start to think of Spring time weather, you may begin looking around the yard making a to-do list to accomplish. One of those looming tasks may be finally “attacking” that old apple tree. Late ...
The Columbian

Try This: ‘The Old Apple Tree’ in song, Quilt Show, Couve Clover Run

Before dying in 2020, the Old Apple Tree oversaw the Hudson's Bay Company's exit to Canada, Americans gaining Fort Vancouver, the establishment of Washington as a territory and a state, soldiers ...