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Apple History

Man standing in apple orchard

Lee Calhoun and Horne Creek Farm

Man stirring apple butter in a cauldron with people watching

The Need for Preservation

Three men standing with a large framed poster

Creating the Orchard

Two glasses of apple juice and a fresh apple on a table

Historic Uses of Apples

Antique drawing of Adam and Eve

Origins of Apples

Antique drawing of a woman trying to capture an apple from a man

Apples in Mythology

Old photograph of people in an apple orchard

Origins of Apples in America

Drawing of man hoeing the ground in the forest

John Chapman: Pioneer Nurseryman

Painting of people harvesting apples

Apples in the South

vintage illustration of an apple

The Golden Age of Apples

Illustration of two red apples

The Apple Boom

Vintage catalog cover for J Van Lindley Nursery Co of Pomona NC

Early North Carolina Nurseries

North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties

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