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Release your Inner Frankenstein – Graft a Fruit Tree

Jonathan Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, would have been right at home in Wallingford. He was a compassionate vegetarian, supremely focused in his 50-year quest to plant apple seeds from Pennsylvania as far west as possible. With Johnny, it was all about the seeds. The problem with planting apple seeds is that the resulting tree usually produces apples that are nothing like the original. This happens because apples grown from seeds are extreme heterozygotes. These seedling fruits display unpredictable characteristics often only…

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Fallen Meridian Apple Trees Getting Vertical

Seattle Parks tree crew and heavy equipment will be at Meridian Playground today uprighting the two heritage apple trees that were blown over during one of our late fall windstorms. The process will take several hours, so come and take a look. The trees are in the north end of the park, close to N. 50th and Meridian.

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Move-A-Tree, Plant-A-Tree in Wallingford

In 2014, City Fruit harvested over 28,000 pounds of fresh, organic fruit from residential and public trees in Seattle. Of that total, nearly 5,000 pounds came from Wallingford fruit trees. This was the first year City Fruit has harvested in Wallingford. The fruit was donated to food banks, meal programs, and homeless shelters, including FamilyWorks Food Bank, the University District Food Bank, and the Wallingford Community Senior Center. From March through October 2014, over 250 volunteers with City Fruit's orchard steward…

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City Fruit Ambassador for Wallingford – Apply Now

The City Fruit Ambassador Program, a year-long training program for uber volunteers to be the face and voice of in one of the neighborhoods where City Fruit works most, was just launched this August! It’s been an exciting time developing the program, recruiting, and training new Ambassadors. From foodies to writers to food justice folks, there’s an incredibly diverse pool of Ambassadors, and City Fruit couldn’t be more excited to support and assist them in the work and projects they choose to tackle this year. No need to get your hands dirty…

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Read more about the article Help Save the Meridian Playground Apple Trees

Help Save the Meridian Playground Apple Trees

If you've been at Meridian Playground recently, you may have noticed broken branches in the apple trees and even more apples on the ground than usual. In fact, three weeks ago one tree twisted apart and collapsed completely under the weight of a record-breaking crop of apples. Its neighbor is in real danger of splitting in half. These fruit trees were planted soon after the Good Shepherd Center was built in 1905 so are too weak to bear the stress of…

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Check out the Burke-Gilman Trail Orchard this Sunday

The neighborhood fruit trees are having a great year so far. They've produced bumper crops of cherries, yellow transparent apples, and are now into plums. Did you know there are 40 fruit trees along the Burke-Gilman Trail between the University Bridge and Northlake Place, west of Gas Works? Come and see a group of them on Sunday. City Fruit, a local non-profit which harvests fruit from private trees throughout the city, also takes care of fruit trees in 11 public Seattle…

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Read more about the article Do Good in the ‘Hood – Become a City Fruit Ambassador

Do Good in the ‘Hood – Become a City Fruit Ambassador

City Fruit, a Seattle nonprofit that harvests local fruit from private and public fruit trees, is now in Wallingford - and offers a new, creative way to get involved with our mission. The City Fruit Ambassador Program is a year long opportunity to use your skills, passions, and contacts to be the voice and face of City Fruit in Wallingford. For example, say you really want to help with the volunteer fruit harvests in your neighborhood. Besides just helping pick the…

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