When the pilgrims first landed in America, the only apple trees on the continent were crab apples. After 250 years of planting millions of cider tree seeds, over 15,000 named apple trees existed in North America. Today, there are less than 5,000 named apples readily found. In this episode of the podcast, we chat with David Benscoter from The Lost Apple Project about the search for lost apples, exciting finds right here in the Palouse, and his upcoming programs at the library.LEARN MORETo submit your apple and purchase the book: https://lostapples.wiki/To donate to the project: https://www.whitmancountyhistoricalsociety.org/projectsThe Lost Apple Project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lostappleproject/Lost Apples of the Palouse programs at SCLD: https://scld.libcal.com/calendar/events?t=d&q=lost%20apples&cid=19016&cal=19016&inc=0FIND US ONLINE Website: https://scld.org Facebook: https://facebook.com/SpokaneCountyLibraryDistrict Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpCoLibraryDist Instagram: https://instagram.com/spokanecountylibrary/ Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/spcolibrarydist/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/spokane-county-library-district TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@spokanecountylibraryBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/spokanecolibrary.bsky.social