“Writing to you is akin to writing a single letter to all the humans.”
Humans have been tinkering with crossbreeds of apples for thousands of years. Gidon Coll, the owner of Hudson Valley Apple Project, shares some of the types he grows and why so few varieties of apples are available for sale at the store or from your local apple farmer. Luckily for Jessamine, she gets to sample some of the rare breeds Gidon grows on his farm. Then she has a conversation with William Mullan, a New York-based artist who elevated apples to his photographic muse.
Topics covered in this episode:

Min 1:55: Jessamine’s letter to apples
Min 1:55: Intro and apple description
Min 3:30: Meet William Mullan
Min 4:00: Odd Apples portrait description & origin
Min 6:00: Heterozygous attribute of apples
Min 8:00: Apple trees adaptability to environment
Min 9:30: Exploring diversity of apples
Min 11:00: Meet Gidon Coll
Min 12:45: How to graft
Min 13:00: USDA Orchards in Geneva, New York and why apples are heterozygous
Min 15:00: Apples and the founding fathers
Min 16:00: The Golden Age of Pomology
Min 17:30: The decline of apple varieties
Min 19:00: Apple tasting and the wide range of apple flavors

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Guests: William Mullan (@pomme_queen), Gidon Coll (@hudsonvalleyappleproject)