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Seeking to preserve local orchards

The Huntley Project has over a hundred years of rich homestead fruit history. Homesteaders planted apples, plums, and pears to feed their families and neighbors. We are partnering with Montana State University Extension Office’s Heritage Orchard Program (mtorchards.org) to: locate and map old fruit trees, identify and document fruit varieties, preserve and propagate both the heritage trees and the stories people have of them. The project is especially interested in “heirloom” trees, which are 50 years or older.  read more