March 9, 2021
From left, Josh Fuder, Ray Covington and Stephen Mihm have been UGA’s driving forces behind the creation of the Heritage Apple Orchard. (Photo by Mike Terrazas)
The names tick off like racehorses or colors from some fancy catalog: Carolina Red June, Duchess of Oldenburg, Hewe’s Crab and Rabun Bald, Limbertwig and Nickajack and Parks’ Pippin, and many more. But these aren’t paint chips they’re apples, hundreds of varieties that thrived in orchards across North Georgia a century ago, before an evolving apple industry swept them off shelves and tables, never to return.
Until now. With the help of a dedicated group of University of Georgia researchers, Extension agents and volunteer enthusiasts, Georgia’s lost apple varieties are making a comeback. The newly planted Heritage Apple Orchard, located at UGA’s Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center in Blairsville, is meant to reclaim many of those bygone cultivars and demonstrate why Georgia once was at t
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CORNING - One person died in a house fire on West Hazel Street on Saturday afternoon, officials said Sunday.
The person has not been identified, and the fire is under investigation, Corning Fire Chief Brad Davies said.
Firefighters were called at 3:05 p.m. to the structure fire at 11 W. Hazel St., Davies said. Dark smoke was seen pouring from the upper floor of the two-story house. The home has significant fire damage on the first and second floor, Davies said.
Firefighters brought the fire under control around 4:30 p.m. One firefighter was injured at the scene, but was not taken to the hospital.
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