Wild apple project origin story from @ffern.co
The narrator explains the fascinating genetic diversity of apples, where every seed creates a new variety due to 'extreme heterozygosity.' The video introduces the 'Some Interesting Apples' project, which maps and tastes apples from wild, roadside trees. After showcasing the public taste trials and the poetic naming system, the creators explain their goal: to graft the best varieties into a new 'wilding mother orchard' and celebrate new, locally distinctive apples.
Creator: @ffern.co on Instagram
Transcript
Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one. Something called extreme heterozygosity. The apple genome is actually bigger than the human no. And it means that when somebody tosses an apple core, they're also unwittingly planting the possibility of the next Cox's orange pippin. The Some Interesting Apples project began with noticing roadside apple trees. These apple trees are growing in some really diverse and and rank crazy locations where
Topics: Food, Nature & Wildlife, Education, Local Business
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