More than 2,000 trees, including 120 local heritage varieties, have been planted on land donated by the Duchy of Cornwall. “There is a great interest now in growing heritage varieties. The tree is one of more than 60 “lost” varieties which have been found growing near the Welsh border. “They are finding, protecting and naming hundreds of apple varieties,” says Oram. Community orchards are becoming very important to places, and people are rightly proud of them.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 18:56 UTC