“These apples were going to be soon lost if I didn’t get busy and try to save them,” said Tom Brown, who has located more than 1,200 varieties of apples.
Tom Brown, an “apple hunter” based in Clemmons, N.C., poses with Haywood June apples — which make bright pink apple sauce if peelings are left in during cooking. Tom Brown is an apple hunter. He doesn’t have a use for the Red Delicious, the Honeycrisp or the Pink Lady. He’s not impressed by a Fuji or a McIntosh., however, his eyes light up. Brown, 82, searched for the rare apple for 16 years before he found the elusive fruit.
His hobby as an apple hunter came about 25 years ago when he and his wife, Merrikay, were at a farmer’s market in Winston-Salem, N.C., on a Saturday afternoon. Brown spotted a stand selling heritage apples — older apple varieties that have existed for multiple generations, and are often unique in their taste, texture, size and shape. Some have complex flavors, and others haveBrown — who had never previously given the fruit much thought — was intrigued.
In his searches, he visits farmers, old orchards and homeowners with apple trees on their properties. He found historic apple trees that were abundant at the start of the 20th century before the modern era of commercial fruit production took hold.
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