And I wanted to be able to plant another tree in our backyard just to kind of remember the whole event as well.”īob Cromwell, the chief of interpretation with Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, said that luck is, in many ways, one of the reasons the tree has been able to live so long. Recently I had a conversation with Ray Tillotson, the 'Ray' in Ray's Ragtime, which he founded in 1986 after a background in theater and costume jewelry collecting.His recollection of that era. “I live here in Vancouver, and I had no idea we had an apple tree that old,” Roszie Seistrup said. The cutting gives them a possibility of always having a reminder of the festival. She’s also a newcomer to the Old Apple Tree Festival herself, and she said she liked the mixture of vendors, history and education. They already have a green apple tree, which Roszie Seistrup said they use mostly to make tart apple pies. Maybe the next descendant will be in Roszie and Gary Seistrup’s Vancouver yard. Odds are if you’ve had a car, you’ve must cope with the heartbreak upon seeing that very first dent or maybe ding blemishing the car of yours. Although he doesn’t have an exact number of how many, he said it’s a “small list.” Investigate The Importance Of Paintless Dent Removal. Ray explained that there are clones of the Old Apple Tree throughout the area. Vancouver Urban Forestry does its best to track trees descended from the Old Apple Tree. Ray mentioned there’s about a 50-50 chance a cutting ever yields an actual tree. “It’s an early opportunity for the attendees to take a little bit of history home with them,” Ray said. The cuttings came with directions on what someone could do with them to possibly end up with their own tree descended from the Clark County landmark. “We thought it would be cool to see a 100-year-old tree,” Jasmine said.Ĭharles Ray, an urban forester with the city of Vancouver, bagged and passed out Old Apple Tree cuttings at the festival. They thought it would be a fun time to visit the tree and tour Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The pair visited Vancouver Waterfront Park last weekend for the grand opening and saw a sign advertising the Old Apple Tree Festival. Meringue is a love story about Portland, style, and the residents among us. Richard Corbin, 50, and his daughter Jasmine Corbin, 14, were a couple of those festival newcomers. Yet at Saturday’s Old Apple Tree Festival in Vancouver’s Apple Tree Park, plenty of people formed new connections with the oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.
(Contributed photo)Īfter 192 years of living, the Old Apple Tree probably has enough friends, one might think.
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