Lost for decades, the Colorado Orange apple variety has been found – officially

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Lost for decades, the Colorado Orange apple variety has been found – officially

Apple thought to be extinct is identified
One of the Colorado Orange apples collected from an ancient tree in Fremont County.
Jude Schuenemeyer with the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project compares samples of the suspected Colorado Orange apple to a wax cast of the apple with Linda Meyer, head archivist at Colorado State University’s Agricultural and Natural Resources Archive.

Lost for decades, the Colorado Orange apple variety has been found – officially

One of the Colorado Orange apples collected from an ancient tree in Fremont County.
Jude Schuenemeyer with the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project compares samples of the suspected Colorado Orange apple to a wax cast of the apple with Linda Meyer, head archivist at Colorado State University’s Agricultural and Natural Resources Archive.
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