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Podcast: The Ark of Citrus

A sweet archive of almost biblical proportions can be found at the University of California, Riverside.
The Podcast Team September 20, 2023
One of the founders of Israel's Tractor Museum, the late Gideon Grosman, restores a small Murray plow.
engineering

How Farmers Are Preserving Israel’s Disappearing Agricultural Legacy—One Tractor At a Time

At the Tractor Museum, every machine has a story.
Gitit Ginat April 25, 2023
Paradise apple trees in Nelleman's Have.
List

A Tour of the Wondrous and Weird World of Apples

They may be available year-round, but this is the season to celebrate them.
Jonathan Carey September 22, 2022
Forestiere Underground Gardens
subterranean

Podcast: Forestiere Underground Gardens

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 9, 2022
The Tower House Hotel and adjacent orchards, circa 1860, painter unknown.
gold rush

How to Resurrect Gold-Rush Era Orchards Ravaged by Fire

The 2018 Carr Fire destroyed historic fruit trees—but not the will to make them bloom again.
Ashley Stimpson January 14, 2022
A pummelo hybrid from the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection.
science

The Magnificent Orchards That Protect the World's Fruit

Thank these repositories for new and improved citrus, avocados, and more.
Alex Mayyasi November 16, 2021
These small peaches once flourished widely over the Southwest.
trees

Meet the Woman Restoring Native American Peaches to the Southwest

Searching for the precious trees has become Reagan Wytsalucy's calling.
Amiee Maxwell July 28, 2021
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trees

The Farmer Trying to Save Italy's Ancient Olive Trees

A fast-spreading bacteria could cause an olive-oil apocalypse.
Agostino Petroni April 29, 2021
List

Fabulous Fruit Trees and Where To Find Them

These charming groves offer a taste of edible history.
Anne Ewbank February 11, 2021
Sunnyvale, California

Orchard Heritage Park

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.
The Temple of Juno, seen here through the branches of a blossoming almond tree, is surrounded by centuries-old olive trees that are harvested to make olive oil.
farms

The Ancient Greek Temples Home to Orchards, Vineyards, and Rare Bees

A UNESCO site that doubles as a working farm represents a shift in conservation.
Shaun Pett July 30, 2020
Community groups, or "delegations" to the Boston Tree Party, planted pairs of apple trees in public spaces around Boston.
gardens

400 Years After Its First Apple Farm, Boston Remains an Urban Orchard

Urban canners and tree-planting groups are maintaining an heirloom tradition.
Reina Gattuso July 8, 2020
An artist rendering of the Open Orchard on Governor's Island.
art

A Franken-Forest of Fruit Trees Is Growing on Governors Island

The project will rescue forgotten peaches, plums, and apricots.
Marina Wang June 22, 2020
TOC identified the Mihalyfi apple among those sent by the Lost Apple Project.
science

'Extinct' Apple Varieties Are Actually Everywhere

10 were discovered over just the last few months.
Matthew Taub April 17, 2020
Jaboticaba growing on a branch.
Bundaberg North, Australia

Bundaberg Botanic Gardens

Peanut butter trees and miracle berries are just the beginning.
In late summer, Copenhagen residents can pluck sun-warmed raspberries at the edge of the city, where urban sprawl gives way to woodlands.
food

Copenhagen Wants You to Forage on Its City Streets

It’s part of a movement to introduce local foods to Danish diets.
Reina Gattuso December 3, 2019
Paradise apple trees in Nelleman's Have.
Sæby, Denmark

Nellemann's Have

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.
Meet the crisp and tart Gravenstein apple.
preservation

In Northern California, the Time Is Ripe for a Forgotten Apple's Comeback

Once-popular Gravensteins are available for just two weeks each August.
Evan Nicole Brown August 6, 2019