ATIP Haliburton
Apple Tree Identification/Intensification/Increase/Industry Project
Recent events
Apple Blossom Tour May 2024
https://myhaliburtonhighlands.com/apple-blossom-tour/
"All About Apple Trees Haliburton" Symposium
May 16, 17, 2024 Haliburton Ontario Canada
with special presentations by
Tom Brown, Apple Hunter
Helen Humphreys, author of "The Ghost Orchard"
Brian Husband, The Ontario Heritage and Feral Apple Project
Apple Tree Research Reports 2023-2024
"Long Forgotten Fruits: A Historical Context and Preliminary Inventory of Apple Trees in Haliburton County, Ontario" by Carmen Galea https://database.ulinks.ca/items/show/4963
"A Look at Revitalizing the Apple Harvest in Haliburton County and The Potential Benefits" by Wesley Ford https://database.ulinks.ca/items/show/4954
"The role of apple trees in a sustainable food system in Haliburton County" by Abby Junkin
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cPwSMUtlJcJQEyjOZ_wiiGuNppO4HRa9Ff8mGMR56TA/edit?usp=sharing
"Feral apples, a resource for wildlife and the kitchen!"
by Desiree Archer, Eric Sager, David V Beresford
https://beresfordlab.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/apple-article-may-17-2024-good-copy.pdf
The search is on to find the
"Haliburton Apple" described in the The Canadian Horticulturist Journal, November 1890
ATIP Haliburton is a Not for Profit created to promote the apple tree resource in Haliburton County
ATIP Apple Tree Identification Project Step 1 to identify apple tree locations and study their environment
ATIP Apple Tree Intensification Project Step 2 to work with arborists and Master Gardeners to care for and maintain trees
ATIP Apple Tree Increase Project Step 3 to plant more apple trees
ATIP Apple Tree Industry Project Step 4 to meet the needs of non-profit and business apple producers and consumers
Apple trees have been growing in Haliburton County for over a century. They have survived a climate with short growing seasons and harsh winters and they continue to produce apples. Apple trees in Haliburton area special renewable resource.
ATIP Haliburton purpose is to identify and increase awareness of existing old apple trees, highlight the need for their care and maintenance, renew an existing food resource, increase availability of locally grown and produced products, increase food security, increase food self sufficiency, help reduce environmental cost of food transportation from outside Haliburton County and increase business and tourism.
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