October 18, 2021 / 2021, State News
How Craft Cider Is Helping Save Colorado’s Historic Apple Trees
Southwest Colorado was once a national hub for unique apple varieties. Today, a group of hard cider artisans are restoring...
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September 2, 2021 / 2021, State News
The Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project Preserves History Of Apples For The Future
The Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project can be described as many things: an agricultural project, an economic development project, a history...
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January 1, 2021 / 2021, State News
BEST PLACE TO BUY A HERITAGE APPLE TREE Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project
All apples are not alike, as any apple-phile will tell you, and the deeper you fall under the spell of...
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October 6, 2020 / 2020, State News
“Extinct” Colorado fruit rediscovered and up for auction
Roughly a year ago, a Colorado couple found a species of fruit on a tree near Cañon City that was...
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July 20, 2020 / 2020, State News
MORP Announces Property Purchase for Orchard Restoration Project
In the southwestern corner of Colorado, thousands of historic apple trees dot the landscape, producing an estimated 50,000 bushels of...
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January 6, 2020 / 2020, Regional News
New orchard takes root in Dolores
Heritage apple trees will produce 700 bushels annually ~ The persistent blank spot on Joe Rowell Park’s east side is...
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January 1, 2020 / 2019, National News
The Colorado Orange apple was thought to be extinct until now
The Colorado Orange apple was thought to be extinct until now Though Washington state’s apple growers recently made headlines with...
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December 29, 2019 / 2019, National News
The Rediscovery Of The Colorado Orange Apple: NPR
The Rediscovery Of The Colorado Orange Apple In Colorado they have rediscovered a long-lost apple, the Colorado Orange apple. Jude...
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December 20, 2019 / 2019, State News
Lost for decades, the Colorado Orange apple variety has been found — officially
The Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project compared the fruit of a tree found near Cañon City to botanical illustrations and wax...
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December 10, 2019 / 2019, State News
An apple revival near Four Corners is restoring hundreds of historic fruits — and the local ag economy
Using DNA testing in southwest Colorado, the Montezuma Orchard Restoration project welcomes back apple varieties like Winter Banana, Blue Pearmain,...
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