The Big Apple Family
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 FRIDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
How many kinds of apple can you name? Philip Forsline can name 2,500 of them. And he has tasted every one of them. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, meet the big family of apples and the scientists who work hard to preserve it. Oh, did we mention how much we owe to bears for the delicious tastes of apples?

Guest
  • Philip Forsline, a horticulturalist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, curator of the department's apple collection since 1984. He has tasted every one of the 2,500 varieties of apples in the collection.
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