In Menlo: Photographing apple trees at Filoli during Orchard Days
Excerpt: “What a beautiful collection of heirloom apples! From the Espous Spitzenberg, which was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson’s at his Monticello orchard, to the huge sharp flavored baking apple from the Netherlands: Belle de Boskoop (pictured top). These collections are able to keep varieties unchanged over the generations through the process of grafting.