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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1985

Page

25

Antique apples revive Wisconsin fruit culture in Coon Valley

Retired farmer Lester Mundstock reintroduces about twenty antique Wisconsin apple varieties in his Coon Valley orchard. He sourced trees from New York nurseries and his own farm, highlighting historic names like Winter Banana, Snow, and Golden Russet. Wisconsin now has 2 million bushels annually from 10,500 acres, worth over $9 million.

Lester Mundstock Coon Valley Wisconsin Tony Mundstock New York State Mundstock Farm Munstock Kratocivils Haralson Beacon Wealthy Cortland Prairie Spy Regent Rome Beauty Cth V Haugen

Eightyplus Farmer Plants Hope Amid Trouble Orchard

Frank Kratochvil, 82, and wife Gen Evie keep selling apples from their five acre Haugen farm while their trees suffer disease and decline. He plants 25 new trees this spring, insisting his crop remains tree ripened and fresh.

Frank Kratochvil Genevieve Barron County Frank Haugen

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