DAR's Caples House of Columbia City has two 100 year old Baldwins in it heritage orchard. We are looking for help in caring for these trees in exchange for hard to find cider apples. Please contact Liz at bambooos@aol.com
Excuse me please, Elizabeth; in an effort to cut down confusion I’ve consolidated your following posts into this one:
Help with heritage orchard in exchange for fruit
DAR's Caples House Museum in Columbia City includes a 120 year old heritage orchard; two Baldwins, two Spitzenburgs and five Northern Spies. There are several apples not identified and four unidentified pears. We are looking for help in caring for these trees in exchange for hard to find fruit. Please contact Elizabeth Boyd, bambooos@aol.com
Northern Spy as American as Apple Pie
DAR's Caples House of Columbia City has five 100 year old Northern Spy appple trees in it heritage orchard. Also called the "Northern Pie" apple it was discovered around 1800 in upper NY state. We are looking for help in caring for these trees in exchange for fruit. Please contact Elizabeth Boyd, bambooos@aol.com
Esopus Spitzenburg valued as a cider apple
DAR's Caples House of Columbia City has two 100 year old Spitzenburgs in it heritage orchard. Reputed to have been a favorite of Thomas Jefferson, good for all culinary purposes and valued as a cider apple. We are looking for help in caring for these trees in exchange for hard to find apples. Please contact Elizabeth, bambooos@aol.com
…as we learn below where Columbia City is located and your apparent need for help in exchange for fruit. Thank you, Viron
Hi John, I am looking for any help we can get. A) the orchard needs a schedule of disease control and pest control, currently this is contracted out but the contract needs a review; b) with the exception of last year, pruning has been on a contract that is no longer affordable so perhaps training supervising hourly workers might be an answer the trees appear to be about 20-30 feet in height; c) finding a market for the fruit might help support the orchard; d) the fruit currently is moved to a waist transfer station incurring a large expense, e) and finally, none of it is processed into cider, apple butter, dried or sauced and these may be ways of creating income as there is a gift shop on the grounds. Even little things like finding the loan of a cider press as the museum invites many to an open house each October would be helpful. Liz
Though a Native Oregonian, I don’t recall “Columbia City, Oregonâ€â€¦ Here’s some on the orchard @ http://capleshouse.com/orchard.html
…I see Columbia County… I’m getting closer! OK, I’m up to the waterfront http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=w ... bia%20City …now where’s the town in relation to ‘me’, or Portland (my home town)? …ok, here’s the perspective I need; if you reduce the detail slide on the left side of the map - the location is eventually revealed 
Hi there,
I am new to the HOS but saw this post and would be very interested in either helping out in exchange for the apples and at some point perhaps next year purchasing the apples. Together with a friend we are starting a small hard cider business and would be grateful to utilize apples such as these. It kills me to hear that they are tossed and we could at least prevent the expense of taking the apples to a transfer station. We are located in Portland. We wouldn't be able to get up to Columbia City every weekend but with planning we could definitely help out.
Thanks,
Galen
Hi there, Galen,
The Baldwins are late apples (perhaps October). I glad you responded to my cry for help. Please send an email address so that I can stay in contact with you. My email address is bambooos@aol.com. Liz
I am new to the HOS but saw this post and would be very interested in either helping out in exchange for the apples and at some point perhaps next year purchasing the apples. Together with a friend we are starting a small hard cider business and would be grateful to utilize apples such as these. It kills me to hear that they are tossed and we could at least prevent the expense of taking the apples to a transfer station. We are located in Portland. We wouldn't be able to get up to Columbia City every weekend but with planning we could definitely help out.
Thanks,
Galen
This is definitely the kind of thing that interests me if I lived in the area....
We need to help keep a record of some of these old orchards in the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle resident Kathy Mendelson has done a good job with some of them....try to get link below
http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/gardens.htm
But I know from Shaun Shepherd and others that there are many more places such as these in the Pacific Northwest, and in particular, in the Portland area, that I don't know about....who is the person there who works on keeping a record of such places?
Thanks for the "heads-up" on this one
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