Apple hunter Tom Brown finds and saves hundreds of rare apple types - The Washington Post

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Apple hunter Tom Brown finds and saves hundreds of rare apple types - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)

I've read about this guy before. Really cool. I hope one day to have enough land and time to grow an orchard.

From the post: "Tom Brown is an apple hunter. He doesn’t have a use for the Red Delicious, the Honeycrisp or the Pink Lady. He’s not impressed by a Fuji or a McIntosh. If you want to talk with him about a Harper’s Seedling, however, his eyes light up. Brown, 82, searched for the rare apple for 16 years before he found the elusive fruit."

I've read about this guy before. Really cool. I hope one day to have enough land and time to grow an orchard. Archive: https://archive.today/zhQNl From the post: "Tom Brown is an apple hunter. He doesn’t have a use for the Red Delicious, the Honeycrisp or the Pink Lady. He’s not impressed by a Fuji or a McIntosh. If you want to talk with him about a Harper’s Seedling, however, his eyes light up. Brown, 82, searched for the rare apple for 16 years before he found the elusive fruit."

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The modern stuff in the store is garbage that was cultivated to make it travel well and stay/look ripe for longer and to be sweater.

I've had old-world orchard apples. They are often smaller, sometimes sweeter sometimes not but they burse easily but are amazing compared to what you get in the store.

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