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by biotinker 67 days ago
> I think it’s probably more important to find and cultivate wild apples showing attributes that can keep them hardy in 21st century climate.

The neat thing is that these tend to be self-selecting! These older orchards drop a lot of fruit and can self-propagate new seedlings. The ones that manage to survive are the ones well adapted to current local conditions.