FLORA â An apple tree has been found near Flora.
That may not seem significant, except for the fact that the apple on that tree was previously believed to have gone the way of the dodo or the Tasmanian tiger.
The Kay apple, a multicolored fruit, has been growing on a tree in Flora. It was harvested in the fall of 2020 and since identified as a Kay, which had been considered a âlostâ apple. The Temperate Orchard Conservancy and the Lost Apple Project announced the finding in late May.
It was one of seven varieties of the fruit believed to be lost or extinct but that was recently rediscovered. All told, the two groups have found 29 types of previously âlostâ apples.