{"id":1,"date":"2024-05-02T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-05-03T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:48:19","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/2024\/05\/02\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing SIA and WMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some Interesting Apples (SIA) is a project co-founded by<a href=\"https:\/\/williamarnold.net\/Some-Interesting-Apples-1\"> William Arnold<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesfergusson.co.uk\/\">James Fergusson<\/a>, the primary aim of which is to record and, where characteristics make desirable, preserve wilding apples (i.e., <em>Malus domestica<\/em> growing on their own roots as the result of a discarded core). Having grown and often thrived in seemingly unfavourable circumstances, these trees present opportunities to propagate hardy novel cultivars, something of ever-increasing relevance in an erratic climate. As warmer winters and drier summers threaten the viability of traditional UK heritage varieties, the ability of <em>M. domestica<\/em> to adapt makes apple wildings a potentially valuable resource for future food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2019 SIA has located and mapped over 600 unique apple wildings in Cornwall\u2019s hedges, verges and marginal lands, identifying each tree through a unique what3words tag. The project has worked with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kestlebarton.co.uk\/\">Kestle Barton<\/a> rural arts space to host three Wild &amp; Seedling public taste trails, which fed into selection of promising novel cultivars. In 2022 SIA began to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/esi\/people\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Caitlin_Desilvey\">Caitlin DeSilvey of the Environment and Sustainability Institute<\/a> at the University of Exeter\u2019s Penryn Campus to develop ideas for shared research. A blossom time workshop and fieldtrip in April 2023 sparked discussion about propagating SIA wildings in a dedicated orchard. Following this event, SIA worked together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LizardNT\/\">Lizard and Penrose National Trust<\/a> team to secure support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwall.gov.uk\/environment\/countryside\/forest-for-cornwall-programme\/\">Forest for Cornwall<\/a> for a new orchard of selected wildings \u2013 <strong>The Wilding Mother Orchard<\/strong> on National Trust land at Penarvon, Helford (a sister site to the National Trust\u2019s Mother Orchard at Cotehele). In February 2024 80 apple rootstocks (MM111, M26 and M. sylvestris) were planted out at the site and grafting of the wilding scions began a few weeks later. The National Trust and the SIA team will jointly manage and maintain the orchard as a community and research resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wilding Mother Orchard is the first orchard in the UK dedicated to the propagation of wilding apples\u2014no previously known cultivars will be included, and apples grown from seed will be included only if they are descended from known wildings. The project is currently working to secure funding for ongoing research, including <em>genetic fingerprinting<\/em> of the selected wildings and participatory activities to address the problem of <em>plant blindness<\/em>. The University of Exeter DEES Strategic Research Fund has supported the labelling of the orchard to facilitate future research at the site. Follow Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/someinterestingapples\/\">@someinterestingapples<\/a> for updates about the project and opportunities and to get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/451\/2024\/05\/apple-tag-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Interesting Apples (SIA) is a project co-founded by William Arnold and James Fergusson, the primary aim of which is to record and, where characteristics make desirable, preserve wilding apples (i.e., Malus domestica growing on their own roots as the result of a discarded core). Having grown and often thrived in seemingly unfavourable circumstances, these&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/someinterestingapples\/2024\/05\/02\/hello-world\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introducing SIA and WMO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Introducing SIA and WMO - Some Interesting Apples (and Wilding Mother Orchard)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introducing SIA and WMO - Some Interesting Apples (and Wilding Mother Orchard)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some Interesting Apples (SIA) is a project co-founded by William Arnold and James Fergusson, the primary aim of which is to record and, where characteristics make desirable, preserve wilding apples (i.e., Malus domestica growing on their own roots as the result of a discarded core). 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