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The Old Apple Tree was an apple tree in Vancouver, Washington, United States, purported to be the oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest. Genetic testing determined that the apples produced are unique and distantly related to the 500-year-old French Reinette variety.
The first apple tree in Washington may have been planted at Fort Vancouver between 1827 and 1829, [2] [3] [4] and one of the five original trees was designated a heritage tree by the City of Vancouver, Washington and surrounded by a park created in 1984, Old Apple Tree Park.
The 'Roxbury Russet' is an apple cultivar, believed to be the oldest apple cultivar bred in the United States, having first been discovered and named in the mid-17th century in the former Town of Roxbury, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony southwest of (now part of) Boston. [1]
United States: It is the oldest known living (non-clonal) tree in the world. [11] Alerce Milenario or Gran Abuelo: 3,653–5,484 1,630+ BCE: Patagonian cypress Fitzroya cupressoides: Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos: Chile: Alive. [11] [12] New unconfirmed estimation of 5,484 years would make it the oldest (non-clonal) tree in the world. [13]
A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center of a development battle.
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