A new heritage orchard in Sheffield aims to rescue rare local fruit varieties.
Rare fruit varieties, including a type of apple surviving on a single tree in Sheffield, are to be preserved in a newly-formed heritage orchard.The not-for-profit co-operative plans to graft cuttings from local varieties which are under threat.
Julie Bellemann, 32, who co-runs the social enterprise, said: "That tree is actually most likely going to be cut down so the idea is that we save those varieties so we can keep on grafting them. The trees grown in the nursery will be donated to community organisations and sold to gardeners, councils and businesses.Sheffield Fruit Trees envisaged the city having "fruit trees in every park and on every street corner" in the future.
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