Record #:

4866

Author(s):

Burnham, Linda Frye

Abstract:

In the early 1900s, 1,400 apple varieties were known to have existed in the South. Today, only a few hundred survive. A number of people, including Creighton Lee Calhoun are searching for these Southern apples before they are gone forever. On his Chatham County farm, Calhoun seeks to preserve this apple heritage by collecting cuttings of old varieties and growing them.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p39, il

Subject(s):

Apples--Varieties; Calhoun, Creighton Lee, Jr.; Apple growers--Chatham County