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A huge orchard with unusual varieties of apples, peaches and plums opens on Governor's Island
The Governors Island Foundation announced in an April 11 press release the discovery of a new work by artist Sam Van Aken. This is an orchard in New York called "Open Garden", which will consist of 102 trees. It will become a living gene bank for hundreds of vintage fruit varieties that have been grown in and around New York City for the past 400 years but have disappeared due to climate change. Secret NYC.
The new Open Orchard will open on Arbor Day on Friday 29 April. Combining art, gardening and environmental protection, the Outdoor Garden will be constantly changing. Through a unique process, Van Aken crosses several types of fruit trees, allowing different varieties to grow side by side. These hybrid trees do the important job of keeping dozens of rare fruit varieties safe in a changing climate.
You will also be able to see this project outside of Governors Island. While there are 102 trees on the island, about a hundred more can be found in community gardens and nonprofits in all five boroughs:
East Side Outside Community Garden, 415 East 11th Street, Manhattan
Maple Street Community Garden, Maple Street, Brooklyn
A century ago, more than 3000 varieties of apples, almost 2000 varieties of plums, and almost 3000 different varieties of peaches were grown in the United States. Unfortunately, now these numbers barely exceed a hundred.
The Open Orchard plans to increase these numbers. It is seen as an essential model for conserving biodiversity in a way that the public can participate in. Several different types of fruit trees will be grown in the garden. Among them are Ashmead's Kernel apples, Bloodgood pears, Washington Gage plums, George IV peaches and Stuyvesant pears.
People will be able to see and taste fruits that have not been found for generations.
