Reference Pages for Apples
Provided by Jenny Apple Tree Lane email: jennyappletree.lane@gmail.com
http://bighorsecreekfarm.com/apple-varieties/
https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/
https://siloamorchards.com/heirloom-apples
Amazing water colour portraits of all kinds of fruit, 1880s thru to abt 1940s. Searchable by name/variety (United States Department of Agriculture)
https://usdawatercolors.nal.usda.gov/pom/home.xhtml
A couple News links CBC, one for David Maxwell in Nova Scotia, one for my interview by Hallie Cotnam, in the fall of 2018, about this project .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/heritage-apple-lover-aims-to-preserve-rare-varieties-from-the-past-1.3214898 (David Maxwell CBC story)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/heritage-lost-old-apple-varieties-lanark-county-1.4826315 (Jennifer Ferris interview)
adams apples (find link) compares apples all over.
Some places for land records, today and old maps too, plus some other local area links.
http://middlevillemuseum.blogspot.com/
http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/hgis/countymaps/lanarkrenfrew/index.html
Reference pages for apple details
http://www.mofga.org/Home/MaineHeritageOrchard/AppleVarieties/tabid/2657/Default.aspx
http://bighorsecreekfarm.com/apple-varieties/
https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/
https://siloamorchards.com/heirloom-apples
Amazing water colour portraits of all kinds of fruit, 1880s thru to abt 1940s. Searchable by name/variety (United States Department of Agriculture)
https://usdawatercolors.nal.usda.gov/pom/home.xhtml
A couple News links CBC, one for David Maxwell in Nova Scotia, one for my interview by Hallie Cotnam, in the fall of 2018, about this project .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/heritage-apple-lover-aims-to-preserve-rare-varieties-from-the-past-1.3214898 (David Maxwell CBC story)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/heritage-lost-old-apple-varieties-lanark-county-1.4826315 (Jennifer Ferris interview)
adams apples (find link) compares apples all over.
Some places for land records, today and old maps too, plus some other local area links.
http://middlevillemuseum.blogspot.com/
http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/hgis/countymaps/lanarkrenfrew/index.html
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