The original seedling tree that bears the Bramley apple is not formally recognised as having significance, and a new owner of the property could cut it down.

There are efforts to raise the money needed to buy the property from Nottingham Trent University and secure its future.

Personally, I would love for the tree to be able to live on, be cherished and protected, even though many trees have been propagated through cuttings since...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/original-bramley-apple-tree-at-risk-site-for-sale

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@justafrog We offered 19 of the 125 different #HeritageApple species grown in this legacy community orchard park, for public #tasting today. The large King heritage #apples were crowd fave.

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Come out with your family & friends to enjoy free orchard tours & sample some fresh fruits from #WellandCommunityOrchard 😊

Our annual #CommunitySharing Day is our way to celebrate the urban #orchard, as well as distribute extra #fruit at the peak of the season! We will have activities including #tasting #HeritageApple varieties, a #ScavengerHunt, #OrchardTours, #CiderPressing, asking a #FruitTeee expert and of course there will be fruit to take home.

Let us know if you are a volunteer and we will have a little something extra for you! Fruit will be available to anyone who comes to the event until we run out.

Come check out what we're all about, and spend some time at the wonderful Welland Orchard. We encourage you to arrive by bike - we are partnering with #GoByBikeWeek this year. If you are registered with #GoByBike and bike to the event, you will unlock an exciting discount for a to be announced preserve we will be producing this fall.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-sharing-day-2024-tickets-993789209277?

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Rex Welland was a longtime local resident who loved collecting lots of #HeritageApple species. He spent a lifetime, collecting cuttings & grafting to grow in his large backyard. He donated this land, which was his backyard, as part of #LandConservancy agreement with the Town of View Royal to keep it as a heritage orchard for the community to steward & share.

There's 125 heritage #apple species growing there.

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TFW you spend your childhood drawing trees with bright red apples, then learning that no apples are that perfectly red - only to end up renting a house where a tree has...

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(This is a super local heritage apple. My brain refuses its original name, so I call it Major Schmetterling.)