Our friend, Matt Kaminsky, aka Gnarly Pippins, will be hosting the 3rd Pomological Exhibition again in Ashfield, Massachusetts on November 3rd. It is an extraordinary event where folks from near and far send in or bring their favorite seedling apples for display and tasting.

More information can be found at www.gnarlypippins.com but here’s a couple nuggets:

The Exhibition is back!

It is an important year for fruit explorers and foragers to be out in the wild doing the good work. As we are all aware, the devastating Spring frost has made it an incredibly tumultuous year for apple growers and trees all over the place. It’s very very important for everyone to see what varieties of fruit will be glowing up this time around, offering hints about frost-tolerance, climate resiliency, and disease hardiness.

This a free, public event that is open to all who are interested. On Friday, Nov. 3rd, we will be displaying and facilitating a tasting of 120+ varieties of wild seedling apples and pears gathered by fine humans from all over the continent (yes!) It will be a gallery of the most current and cutting edge, wacky and weird, timeless and stunning, visually alluring, climate-appropriate and DELICIOUS fruit you could imagine. This event relies on submissions from dedicated fruit explorers to help show just how amazing Malus and Pyrus are. If you have seedling apples or pears you would like to contribute, read below for information on how to submit!