Several years ago Sean Williams learned about a retired FBI agent's quest to discover America's lost apple varieties. This led Sean to begin exploring Champaign County for lost fruits, and to uncover the history of lost orchards, such as the ones now resided on in Savoy, Illinois, where Old Orchard Bowling Lanes and Senator's Inn sit. In this episode we learn how Champaign County was once the home of one of the two largest orchards in the Midwest, and how his quest for lost fruit led Sean to possibly discover a pear that was thought to be lost for 100 years.

Links

• Email Sean at CUFruitExplorer@gmail.com
• Midwest Explorer's article The Lost Fruit Trees of Champaign County (PDF)
• Weston's Antique Apples in Wisconsin
• Hocking Hills Orchard in Ohio

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Transcript

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