Interesting article about an Apple Hunter

shootuadeal

This Appalachian guy has spent his retirement tracking down and "Saving" apple varieties. So far he has saved around 1200 varieties from going extinct, many were down to the very last tree. Pretty cool.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.atlasobscura.com/articles/heritage-appalachian-apples.amp

SCOUT5

That's interesting.

diver-rig

But I thought, you have an apple tree, the seeds from said tree aren't necessarily the same as the host tree is.

I have 3 trees here. 2 of them, the tree died, and volunteers came back from the "wild" roots, as they were grafted.

I don't buy what that guy is selling...

jimdeere

All apples are descended from the one the serpent gave to Eve.

SCOUT5

Apples through the Appalachia region were a big deal historically. They were a vital food source.

mohawk600

cool

Brookwood

Not to fail to mention "Apple Jack." The hard stuff that our ancestors used to numb the pain of scratching a life in the wilderness!

Rocky Raab

Up until almost the 20th century, people drank beer and hard cider almost exclusively because water wasn't safe. Even children drank as much as a gallon of hard cider a day. Even though it was fairly low alcohol content, people were about half sloshed all the time.

dreher

Many people think that it was an easy romantic life style living off the land. The reality was so much different. Hunger was a constant companion. Sickness and infections were common with no anti-biotics so a simple popped blister or stepping on something sharp and breaking the skin could be your death knell. Both sexes worked from can see to can't see year around.

To me of all the problems the worst would be the 50% death loss of children by the time they made 5 years of age. I cannot comprehend losing half of my children. This alone would cause most people to want to be pickled 24-7.

dcon12

https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11286012#Comment_11286012

That is the way pecan trees are, I know nothing about apple trees. Don