<
https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-how-lady-williams-founded-a-great-australian-apple-189788>
"On Boronia Farm, just outside Donnybrook in Western Australia, stands an
80-something-year-old apple tree (
Malus domestica) that’s at the heart of a
global industry.
This tree produced an apple no one had seen or tasted before, now called the
Lady Williams. Without the Lady Williams, there could be no Sundowner®, no Pink
Lady®, no Bravo® – apple varieties that, along with the Lady Williams, have
made a enormous contribution to the global apple industry.
Boronia Farm’s apple tree is now listed in the register of the National Trust,
but the woman behind the Lady Williams is not well known. Yet, as her son Bob
remembered, Maud Williams was crucial to the story of this tree and the apple
it produced."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
