oldwheels
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I have just started rereading a very interesting book which at one point goes into the history of how apple trees got to this country. It was a long and convoluted journey over many years starting in either China or somewhere in central Asia. Apples were fed to horses travelling on the Silk Road and the seeds were transferred slowly along in horse dung and as more trees appeared they slowly spread westwards.My dad had some lovely apple trees. He did lots of grafting too so had lots of varieties. I bought him one for his birthday years ago called Katy. It was a lovely, sweet crunchy apple and always got a good crop. Sadly there was a lot of waste as he had so many.
All the trees in this country can be traced back to one single tree in on of the Stans but cannot remember just now which one.
The book is on my kindle so not easy to look for an unknown page for reference. The author Roger Deakin died some years ago before the book was completely finished but somebody else took it over and added the last chapter.