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- The Cape Fear settlement on the North Carolina coast had an extensive apple orchard as early as 1666. In 1754 the founders of Wachovia, in present-day Forsyth County, North Carolina, brought young apple trees and planted orchards in all their settlements, first at Bethabara, then at Bethania and Salem.
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In 1754 the founders of Wachovia, in present-day Forsyth County, North Carolina, brought young apple trees and planted orchards in all their settlements, first at Bethabara, then at Bethania and Salem. From the perspective of an early settler, a person needed apples to feed his large family.
Heirloom apple varieties are often extremely difficult to trace down to their original locations and dates. Much of the information offered here is the best educated estimates as determined by two apple history historians, Creighton Lee Calhoun and Daniel J. Bussey.
