Story by Leslie Huffman | March 16, 2010 | Tags: agriculture, cary, Cary Senior Center, nc
Cary, NC – Please join Lee Calhoun as he demonstrates grafting, planting and maintenance techniques for fruiting trees and vines that can be grown in our region.
You will learn by doing, so come prepared with gloves and boots and help install apple and pear trees and grape vines in the gardens of the Cary Senior Center in Bond Park, this Saturday, March 20th from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lee Calhoun Jr., author of “Old Southern Apples”, will conduct an informational session and workday at the Cary Senior Center Garden. Mr. Calhoun has spent years tracking down heirloom apple trees all over the South. He has been finding and propagating heirloom varieties of apples that were common throughout the rural South and endanger of disappearing altogether. He now grows them in his own orchard in Pittsboro.
Listen to Mr. Calhoun as he tells his stories about finding old Southern apples on farms all over Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. Years ago, apples were the staple of the Southern diet and every farm had apple trees. The large variety provided fruit from June to November. Learn more about how apple trees feed us, preserve our heritage and tell us stories of a bygone era.
Registration is required; please contact the Spruce Coordinator to sign up at (919) 469-4301 or heather.morell@townofcary.org
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