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Can you name that heritage apple tree? This Oregon group protects ‘living’ history
Can you name that heritage apple tree? This Oregon group protects ‘living’ history
Can you name that heritage apple tree? This Oregon group protects ‘living’ history

Published on: 04/04/2026

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Volunteers with the Heritage Apple Corps — arborists, Forest Service biologists and community members — work to identify century-old trees. This could be an Alexander apple tree. one of several hundred apple trees of Russian origin brought into the U.S. in the early 1800s.Sweet-tart, juicy and firm Northern Spy apple was a favorite of pie makers.Peter LoVerso, a robot designer in Bend who volunteers with the Heritage Apple Corps, volunteered for five days in March, pruning heritage apple trees at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.For five days in March, Heritage Apple Corps' volunteers as well as arborists and Forest Service staff held a pruning and rehabilitation workshop at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.For five days in March, Heritage Apple Corps' volunteers as well as arborists and Forest Service staff held a pruning and rehabilitation workshop at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.For five days in March, Heritage Apple Corps' volunteers as well as arborists and Forest Service staff held a pruning and rehabilitation workshop at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.For five days in March, Heritage Apple Corps' volunteers as well as arborists and Forest Service staff held a pruning and rehabilitation workshop at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.For five days in March, Heritage Apple Corps' volunteers as well as arborists and Forest Service staff held a pruning and rehabilitation workshop at the Cyrus and McCoin orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland.

Peter LoVerso lives in a part of central Oregon where he can ride his bike on public land and pick a heritage apple to eat on his journey. LoVerso, who lives near Bend, is also part of a corps of volunteers working to save apple trees planted in the region 150 years ago.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2026/04/can-you-name-that-heritage-apple-tree-this-oregon-group-protects-living-history.html

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