Discovering Cornwall’s Apple Heritage Past, Present & Future: Saturday, May 3 at 5pm: A talk by Peter Del Tredici, Ian and Gordon Ridgway at the Cornwall Library.

Come hear about our efforts to identify Cornwall‘s historic apple varieties and to preserve these old heirloom trees by grafting and cultivating them. We will also discuss Cornwall’s amazing history with apple cider history going back to the early 1800s. As a special bonus and a fundraiser for the Cornwall Library, we will have “ready to plant” four-year-old trees propagated from the only known specimen of a unique Cornwall variety, ‘Burnham Sweet’, for sale after the talk. This unique apple was first recorded in 1869 but then disappeared from cultivation until we identified it five years ago. This is your one chance to plant a piece of Cornwall history in your garden! You must be present to purchase a tree. Registration requested at cornwalllibrary.org.